On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:47:17AM -0500, George Lengel wrote: > > Dear Robert, > > I now get a 0x80 at the top of the screen just before the rescue mode > line. This indicates I am using my compiled version and also confirms > your suspicion about the BIOS, right? > > > > >What version of GRUB Legacy did you install in that system? Did you modify > >GRUB Legacy when you installed it, or something like that? > > > > I use Grub legacy from Debian which is 0.97. It has worked for years and > years without any problem and I never did anything past a simple apt-get > and accept the defaults when configuring it.
Can you check if you can override the root device by invoking grub-setup manually with --root-device parameter? -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel