bootloader - timeout setting ignored

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

I posted this last week, but got no replies that lead to solutions.
Maybe my OP got lost in the weekend's volume and there are now more
MVPs reading....

I want a five-second timeout for the boot options screen, but the
screen does not time out. It waits forever, or until I hit enter,
whichever comes first. There is no countdown. Before installing
the Recovery Console, it worked fine. Here's my current
C:\boot.ini :

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /sos
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons

 

[Sharon F]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /sos

Take the space and /sos off the end of that line.

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

The " /sos" has nothing to do with his timeout problem - it just tells the
bootloader to display all the drivers as they are loading. All my machines
have /sos with a 2 second delay and the RC option, and they work fine.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

Take the space and /sos off the end of that line.

Unfortunately, that doesn't help.

 

[Sharon F]

The " /sos" has nothing to do with his timeout problem - it just tells the
bootloader to display all the drivers as they are loading. All my machines
have /sos with a 2 second delay and the RC option, and they work fine.

Thanks again, Admiral.