(this probably isn't grub but grub does make for a good starting point, anaconda? :-) When F-10 boots I don't see some sort of initial grub splash screen at which I know I can hit the space-bar and get to the menu to select/edit the kernel and/or boot parameters. While it turned out that just repeatedly tapping the space-bar as the machine goes through the boot process will bring up the menu, that doesn't exactly give one warm fuzzies - hey tap the space-bar when the screen goes blank ... :-) The machine was installed using the beta live cd [usb].
You can hit/hold a key at boot (holding Shift or Ctrl works well) to bring up the GRUB menu. This is the expected behavior - see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterStartup for details. Yes, it will be in the release notes.
(In reply to comment #1) > You can hit/hold a key at boot (holding Shift or Ctrl works well) to bring up > the GRUB menu. This is the expected behavior - see > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterStartup for details. > > Yes, it will be in the release notes. Can I plead for this new boot process to display a message indicating that this is possible? Not making this clear is, from my point of view, a usability problem - the only way for a user to "obviously" know that CNTRL can be hit is for there to be a message indicating such. Further, I think addressing it will go a long way towards smoothing out the transition to this new way. As a user I don't care that the boot process has changed radically; however, I do think it is reasonable for the new process to make how to escape it obvious. If this isn't considered a reasonable request; then please just re-close.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle. Changing version to '10'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
*** Bug 473319 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
So is this a bug or a feature? http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Installation_and_Live_Images.html#sn-Fedora_10_boot-time
It's a feature. Bootup is now 5 seconds faster *and* involves two less monitor mode-switches. If you need the menu, just hold down Shift or Ctrl - or, in fact, press any key at all - after the BIOS finishes its work. If you want the old behavior just use system-config-boot (System->Administration->Bootloader) or edit /etc/grub.conf to change the timeout back to 5.