ok -- redid from the beginning and then manually grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/media/MULTISYSTEM /dev/sdb
qemu seems to get into grub but after that -- blank black screen... looked into grub.cfg =-- it seems to have nothing related to loopback mount that iso: #MULTISYSTEM_MENU_DEBUT|06-07-2011-13:33:16-129551153|netinst_squeeze_amd64|multisystem-debian|426Mio| menuentry "Debian Squeeze Gnome NetInstall amd64" { linux /netinst_squeeze_amd64/vmlinuz video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=12000 root=/dev/ram rw initrd /netinst_squeeze_amd64/initrd.gz } menuentry "Debian Squeeze Kde NetInstall amd64" { linux /netinst_squeeze_amd64/vmlinuz desktop=kde video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=12000 root=/dev/ram rw initrd /netinst_squeeze_amd64/initrd.gz } menuentry "Debian Squeeze Lxde NetInstall amd64" { linux /netinst_squeeze_amd64/vmlinuz desktop=lxde video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=12000 root=/dev/ram rw initrd /netinst_squeeze_amd64/initrd.gz } menuentry "Debian Squeeze Xfce NetInstall amd64" { linux /netinst_squeeze_amd64/vmlinuz desktop=xfce video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=12000 root=/dev/ram rw initrd /netinst_squeeze_amd64/initrd.gz } #MULTISYSTEM_MENU_FIN|06-07-2011-13:33:16-129551153|netinst_squeeze_amd64|multisystem-debian|426Mio| #MULTISYSTEM_STOP #Ne supprimez pas ce marqueur! / Do not remove this marker! I guess I will stop here for now -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org