when i try to boot FC5 manually i get a message saying invalid or unknown partition type. does FC5 simply use a partition type that GRUB cannot recognise? in this distro has Grub become the GRand "Useless" Bootloader? :-P i wish they would just go back to lilo...it was less complicated...well provided you didn't have to reinstall windows after. -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=77049&topic_id=18843&forum=26#forumpost77049