> My guess is that you have incompatible jumper > settings on the back of the > drives. Check these and make sure that they reflect > what the BIOS sees. > Also, check your /boot/grub/device.map for > consistency. Then use tab > completion from the grub prompt to find devices and > bootable partitions.
Both drives are set to master which the BIOS confirms. Device map: (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/hdc is consistent. Tab completion at the grub prompt only finds the second drive which it insists on calling the first contrary to device.map. > If the above doesn't get you booting please post > your grub.conf, along with > fdisk -l. grub.conf: #XP title=XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) map (hd1)(hd0) makeactive chainloader +1 boot (I used one 'map' command following Dan Farrell's model but using two made no difference) #Gentoo title=Gentoo root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc3 video=aty128fb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] boot Note: The entry for XP elicits: Error 11 Unrecognized device string no matter how I edit it using the 'e' command in grub. Gentoo will not boot unless grub is told it's on the FIRST drive contrary to device.map anything else and grub reports "disk does not exist" fdisk -l: Disk /dev/hda: 6448 MB, 6448619520 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 784 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 783 6289416 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/hdc: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes 176 heads, 63 sectors/track, 21656 cylinders Units = cylinders of 11088 * 512 = 5677056 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 7 38776+ 83 Linux /dev/hdc2 8 96 493416 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hdc3 97 10666 58600080 83 Linux /dev/hdc4 10667 21656 60928560 83 Linux I've tried toggling the bootable flag on /dev/hda. Didn't work. As I mentioned before attempts to install grub to /dev/hda fail completely forcing a reboot w/Win98 and entering A:\fdisk /mbr after which XP boots but only if the second drive is disabled. Installing to /dev/hdc at least lets me boot gentoo. Both drives pass smartctl tests. grub is version 0.97 Don't know what else to add. -mw __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
