I'm pretty sure this is not SuSE specific but I'm sticking with Suse for this machine. (fedora and Ubuntu also failed) The install is to 2 IDE drives with SuSE being on the second drive /dev/sdb1 is mounted on /boot I am using lvm for the other partitions I finish the install and I get a grub error 2 when it reboots (Bad file or directory type) If I tell the BIOS to boot from the other hard drive I get a grub error 17 (Cannot mount selected partition) If I boot from the install CD I get a error 2 again. It does not get far enough to give ne the grub menu or prompt. the output from cat /boot/grub/menu.lst and fdisk -l follow fdisk -l ******** Disk /dev/sda: 20.5 GB, 20560412672 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2499 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0b0e0b0d Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1061 8514450 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 1062 2499 11550735 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0b730b72 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 2 26 200812+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 27 14593 117009427+ 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/dm-0: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/dm-1: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/dm-2: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/dm-3: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/dm-4: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 cat /boot/grub/menu.lst *************************** # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Jan 8 17:24:54 UTC 2010 default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd1,0)/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9 root (hd1,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/SuSE/root resume=/dev/SuSE/swap splash=silent showopts vga=0x31a initrd /initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9 root (hd1,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/SuSE/root showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a initrd /initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows### title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 -- Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org