On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:10 -0400, Derek C Hopkins wrote: > I do not understand. where do I put your "try appending > 'edd=skipmbr' to the kernel command" In general, such instructions to append kernel parameters mean for you to edit the kernel line in the GRUB configuration. Either by editing the grub.conf file, or just editing the command line options during the boot process (when the grub menu appears, press the hot keys to edit, there's on-screen prompts as to what to press and when). Taking an old example, you'd find a stanza like this, below, and append your options onto the end of the kernel line. And, for the sake of trouble shooting, removing options like rhgb and quiet can help you see what's going on during the boot process. originally: title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2320.fc5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img modified: title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2320.fc5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro root=LABEL=/ edd=skipmbr initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.