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["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 September 2007 03:50:24 pm Nick Zentena wrote:
> On Thursday 27 September 2007 19:31, Rajko M. wrote:
> > Set BIOS boot sequence CD, USB, HD.
> > Install grub on USB drive.
> >
> > When USB is not present it will boot from CD or HD.
> > When USB is present it will boot CD or USB, with grub option to boot
> > Windows.
> >
> > If you put grub on HD with /boot directory on USB you can't boot without
> > USB drive.
>
>         I'm not sure about the last part here. Are you saying to stick /boot on
> the internal? Or not to put grub on the USB?
>
>         Right now everything works with the USB on. Turn it off and I get a grub
> error 21.
>

Yeah. 

I said to install all, including grub, on USB stick and change only BIOS boot 
sequence to include USB before HD. That way when you take USB out, computer 
will boot from hard disk as before. 

From (Konqueror) info:grub/Stage2 errors
21 : Selected disk does not exist

it seems that you have stage2 that is in /boot/grub on hard disk. Otherwise if 
there would be only grub stage1 (that goes in MBR) error. 
See (again in Konqueror) info:/grub/Stage1 errors. 

Would you mind to post output of:
  fdisk -l 
with and without USB stick.  

-- 
Regards,
Rajko.
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