On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 10:53 -0500, zephod@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > ---- Original Message ----- > From: Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I would try running grub interactively; > > type "c" when the grub prompt appears, > > and then "root = (hd0,0)" or "root = (hd1,0)", > > and see what grub reports. > > That's just it - the grub prompt never appears nor does anything else > but a blank screen before a reboot. The way I got into grub > interactivly was to enter rescue mode by using the installation DVD > and then type grub at the shell prompt. > > # grub > grub> root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7 > > Is it possible that grub got installed in the wrong place? How can I > find out where grub is installed? > > Thanks, > Steve > In means to me that your hd0 disk partition 1 is either not there or not formatted. Try fdisk /de/hda and see what it tells you. -- ======================================================================= The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx