** Reply to message from Ted on Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:49:06 +0100 # I am trying to boot SuSE using grub but although I have given it the info # abt my cd r/w it will not find it...It is ok booting from the lilo floppy # though...Could anyone who is using an ide cdwriter please post me their # menu.lst I think by their nature, ide cd-writers are scsi-emulation. I have one, but it is not mentioned in Menu.list: # # options timeout=5 # splashscreen = (hd0,1)/boot/message default = 0 title = LinuxA root = (hd0,1) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=791 nosmp hdd=ide-scsi initrd = /boot/initrd title = Failsafe root = (hd0,1) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz.suse root=/dev/hda2 vga=791 ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off nosmp hdd=ide-scsi initrd = /boot/initrd.suse title = LinuxB root = (hd1,4) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb5 vga=791 nosmp hdd=ide-scsi initrd = /boot/initrd title = Windows98 root = (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 Ed Harrison, broadcasting on ----/ / ---/ / (_) __ __ _ _ _ __ --/ /__ / // \/ // /_/ /\ \/ / -/___//_//_/\_//__,_/ /_/\_\ by SuSE(8.0), Kernel 2.4.18, X 4.2 or Windows98 (running in vmware 3.1.1) PolarBarMailer 1.22prev4 with IBMJDK 1.3.1