> i was using 7.2 and GRUB on this same box before -- only differences: > 1. / was ext2 not reiser (but the reiser booted fine at first, could that be > the problem?) Have you got reiserfs support compiled into your kernel? If not, this is likely the problem. > 2. my ide cdrom, hdc, seems to be dead. i booted from it for the first > install, but then it "died" and i had to boot from a floppy and use the scsi > cd burner to do my install. Not sure there, although it does sound like your hunch is correct, and that it has just died. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Craig Sprout | "Never ascribe to malice that | | Billings, MT | which is adequately explained | | http://www.mtsprouts.net | by incompetence." -Napoleon | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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