Grub timeout ignored?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:05:07 +1100, Roger wrote:

> Do you have two disparate grub.conf files?
> 
> I have only ever edited /boot/grub/menu.lst to alter how grub boots.
> I do not know if this the correct thing to do but in doing so I 've not 
> had any problems.
> Roger

/boot/grub/grub.conf  is the configuration file
/boot/grub/menu.lst  is just a symlink for compatibility
/etc/grub.conf  is also just a symlink for convenience

Activating the "hiddenmenu" option is not supposed to remove the "timeout"
setting, btw.