"Paul F. Johnson" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I doubt the MBR is shafted as the machine is booting to grub, though > I have noticed that /dev/hda1 does have a very old version of the > system files in it, which makes me wonder if something is getting a > wee bit confused. What do you mean by system files? You mentioned having /boot on /dev/hda2 Do you have a /boot directory on both /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 If so, that may be the source of your trouble.