>> Is there a step missing? That all works but it still boots WinXP not >> grub. > >Nothing is missing as far as writing the GRUB loader to the MBR but >those steps assume that grub.conf is intact. (Which it should be if >nothing has happened except re-installing WinXP.) > Robert et al: I don't know what is happening but when I turned on my computer this morning grub launched just like is was supposed to and everything is working fine. I don't know if I'm just lost in the twilight zone or what :-). Thanks for all of the suggestions and help. -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...