Hello Doug, Sunday, January 5, 2003, 4:49:10 PM, you wrote: DB> I'm relatively new to linux and very new to grub. DB> I've been reading the manual and searching google to learn about grub DB> before installing it. DB> One thing the manual said... DB> Normally IDE drives number less than SCSI drives. DB> That would seem to mean that (hd0,0) now points grub to the ide instead of DB> the scsi. I found this out the hard way. I'm still a bit confused that Grub would modify an exiting device.map file when that could cause issues (case in point). DB> I expect the grub command line still works? No, no it didn't. However, that's where 'linux rescue' comes in handy. DB> I guessing it is now (hd1,0) instead of (hd0,0). Yes, hd(0,0) was now the new IDE drive with sda becoming hd(1,0) DB> If so, you can edit the grub.config or boot from the command line by entering: DB> (assuming this is the kernel you want... otherwise change the kernel and DB> initrd version) DB> root (hd1,0) DB> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ac4 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=791 DB> initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.19-ac4.img DB> boot I tried this, but did not have any luck(?). Was still hanging up at "GRUB" (no more beeps tho!). Alternatives... Since this did not work: # grub-install --recheck /dev/sda Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. /dev/md6 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. I had to run: # grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map (*) grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 22 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+22 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done. grub> exit (*) device map has been edited to put IDE drive at the end Rebooted and all was well once again. Phew! DB> Remember... I haven't used grub yet... this is guess based on my DB> understanding of the manual. Wasn't a bad guess at all, and probably would work in other configurations and/or situations. Thanks for the assistance! As a side note, what other OS could possibly cause you to start pulling hairs, yet be so happy when you finally fix the problem with the assistance of others? What a trip! :) -- Best regards, Brian Curtis -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list