This time with the subject... Hi all, I hope I'm posting the message in the correct list :) I'm currently trying to install fedora core 1 to my "almost" new computer. Aftwer I installed fc1 I've hit this problem that caused me an heart attack ;-) http://groups.google.it/groups?hl=it&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=autocheck+n ot+found+hidden+partition+grub now the real issue, I installed fc1 but when I boot the machine I can only boot windowsXp, there is no sign of grub ( I installed it the MBR) Info: Command (m for help): Disk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 15 3738 29912998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 * 1 14 112423+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 3739 4997 10112917+ 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Command (m for help): Disk /dev/hdb: 8455 MB, 8455200768 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1027 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 897 7205121 b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hdb2 898 1027 1044225 82 Linux swap Ed il grub.conf: # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /initrd-version.img boot=/dev/hda default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img title DOS rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Hints ? TIA. -- Paolo C.