SuSE version 10..clean install a few months ago SATA 160GB HD - 4 partitions xfs no major problems until last wk....I think the was an unnoticed quick power outage; I'm plugged into a APC surge stripe. Everything but the cpu was on. when I tried to reboot I get a little groan from my HD & a black screen with <GRUB loading Stage2.....> on the upper left side and no HD activity. I can boot from the SuSE 10 DVD by going to <other> in the option page & choosing <from installed system>. I tried <repair>, but it can't find any mounted partitions! this even though it boots from them. Yast shows them. We reinstalled the kernel, rewrote mbr, checked the bios, checked logs, checked /etc/fstab, checked my sanity! Any ideas, short of a new clean install & a 1500+ watt UPS!!! -- Gracia...Cooleemee, NC Registered Linux user #263390 - SuSE 10 Pro My country, right or wrong. If right, to be kept right, if wrong, to be put right.