> > grub --batch </etc/grub.conf > you mean /boot/grub/menu.lst if you're talking $distro free.
Don't think so, you need to tell grub where to find the second stage installer (which is now on a different partition), that's a line like setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,4) (hd0,4) which is in grub.conf, whereever that is located, and it wouldn't be in menu.lst. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.