waiting too long problem

[Wei Wang]

My PC system uses GRUB as the boot loader. After the screen shows
"GRUB loading stage 2", it takes a long time for the "operating system
choice" screen coming up most of the time.  (But once in a while,
this phase passes quickly)

I do not find the format for submitting a problem. So here I am just
trying to give detailed information about my PC.

Operating System:  Windows2000, Linux--Mandrake-8.1, Linux--Redhat-7.2.
The Grub is version 0.9, and comes with redhat.
Hard disk:  40GB WDC,  20GB Quantum fireball
            Windows2000 is on the 1st disk,
            Linux OSs are on the 2nd disk.
Motherboard:  ECS K7S5A


Here is my grub.conf file:

default=0
timeout=30
splashimage=(hd1,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
fallback 1
title Windows2000 
        root        (hd0,0)
        makeactive
        chainloader +1
        # For loading DOS if Windows NT is installed
        # chainload /bootsect.dos
title Mandrake Linux (2.4.8-26mdk)
        root (hd1,0)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-26mdk ro root=/dev/hdb1
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
        root (hd1,5)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hdb6
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img


Thanks in advance.

Wei Wang