On Monday 03 January 2005 19:19, Jim Cromie wrote: > (e for edit, > e again to edit 1st line - the root (hd1,0) line > backspace thru the (hd1,0) > then retype '(h' and hit tab, > it autocompletes to '(hd0,' and prompts me for one of the partitions on > /dev/hda) > > IOW - its not even seeing /dev/sda, so autocompletes right past that > choice. ANY IDEA WHY ? one word for you: BIOS (well actually that's four words). If your BIOS doesn't see the drive, then grub probably won't either. I believe it is unlikely that the BIOS on this machine supports booting from USB. Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then you clearly don't understand the situation.