On 06/09/18 00:10 (GMT-0400) Paul Abrahams apparently typed:
On Monday 18 September 2006 12:02 am, Felix Miata wrote:
The >128G HD size makes this sound like a geometry mismatch problem, even as new as the motherboard and BIOS are. Because it used to work, I suspect no one's going to figure out how it got broken, but I'll bet starting from scratch with a disk wipe and putting a /boot or / and Grub on the first cylinder would fix it permanently.
I'm reluctantly reaching the conclusion that I have to start the installation all over again, possibly even the Windows part. But I just might be able to get away with rearranging the Linux partitions to put the boot partition ahead of the root partition, since the boot partition is the one that grub needs to work with.
That might work, but the reason I suggested putting /boot on cylinder 1 (start of disk) is to ensure that its partition begins before LBA sector 1,032,192 (1024*16*63). -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you." Proverbs 4:7-8 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/partitioningindex.html