Decided to install SuSE 9.3 last night on my main box which consists of a single 160GB EIDE drive used for storage only, i.e., no OS on it, and 4 removable SCSI HDs, only one of which is turned on at a time. There are multiple other devices in the system but I believe these are the only two of importance. What I experienced during this SuSE 9.3 install I also experienced trying to install Mepis 2004 on another of the SCSI drives. The install goes smoothly, with a start by reformatting the drive to get the OS, and by selecting to place the boot info on the mbr of the SCSI drive, changing from the default suggestion of placing it on the mbr of the EIDE drive. **I'm thinking my problem lies here.** Upon initial reboot I get the following (1) if the install DVD is still in the drive or (2) if the DVD is removed from the drive. (1) GNU GRUB version 0.95 (638K lower/523184 upper memory) next is a text box display with three boot options --------------------------- SuSE Linux 9.3 Floppy Failsafe – SuSE Linux 9.3 --------------------------- and some instructions below the text box. Selecting the SuSE 9.3 option and <CR> gives: Booting 'SUSE LINUX 9.3' kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x317 selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/dev/sda1 showopts Error 22: No such partition Press any key to continue . . . doing so puts you back into the text box to choose again (2) GNU GRUB version 0.95 (638K lower/523184 upper memory) [Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename.] grub> _ {flashing} trying a couple of suggested options, I get the following: grub> boot Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting grub> kernel Error 1: Filename must be either an absolute pathname or blocklist Not sure where to go from here other than disabling the EIDE drive and trying from scratch. Any help greatly appreciated. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe