Grub, by default, looks for "menu.lst" to build it's boot menu. The redhat installed version gets a "grub.conf" but no menu.lst. Following the "quick setup" instructions in the grub docs, one expects that just modifying grub.conf, and the running this : grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0) will get you you modified menu on boot. however, all you get in this case is the grub command line. Ewww. Simple fixes : (a) actually use menu.lst (b) symlink grub.conf to menu.lst (c) change grub default behavior (d) document this *REALLY WELL* I'd prefer both (a) and (d), since most upgrade users will read the info pages before reading the RH manuals (sorry, beth & sandra). Also, prior experience with lilo on RH systems will lead them to beleive that the default configs are all correct, and there's no extra setup needed to get the right menu options. Worst case, the admin copies grub.conf to menu.lst, modifies menu.lst,and when s/he upgardes their kernel, gets the updated grub.conf as their bootloader. Much swearing at tech support will ensue.
This defect considered MUST-FIX for Fairfax gold-release.
Right now, we're doing c and d... menu.lst is extremely non-intuitive and I'm trying to convince the grub people to change it upstream.