Philippe wrote: >> If grub doesn't work, I don't see how you can lose anything >> by re-installing it. >> I would say "grub-install --recheck /dev/hda" >> (assuming you are using hda). > grub-install did not change anything. I think the problem is more > vicious than this. I would say that the last drive I add to my system > should maybe be part of the problem, even if it had nothing special at > all and I have no clue how. I just unplug it and I have now the message > GRUB .. then nothing on the screen. Stil able to boot with CD. Does /boot/grub/device.map correspond to your picture of things? It sounds to me as though grub got confused about the different disks, and installed in the MBR of the new disk. You could try running "grub-install --recheck /dev/hda" with the new disk removed. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
