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JiMi. Thanks for the info. I think you are close but I am still having problems Your suggestion root (hd2,0) gets me error 21 "selected disk does not exist" So I tried root (hdb1,0) where the frugal is installed and get error 23 "error while parsing number" I think you are on the right track and I would like more information or suggestions to try.  Thank  Craig
Quote (Gadabout @ June 08 2006,20:48)
JiMi. Thanks for the info. I think you are close but I am still having problems Your suggestion root (hd2,0) gets me error 21 "selected disk does not exist" So I tried root (hdb1,0) where the frugal is installed and get error 23 "error while parsing number" I think you are on the right track and I would like more information or suggestions to try.  Thank  Craig

please show me your output of
#fdisk -l
thanx
Sorry, I can't figure out how to output the fdisk to this page so I will tell you what it said. Hda1 fat32 bootable 20 gig win200 installed, hdb1 linux 83 bootable 8 gig, hdb2, hdb3, hdb4, all linux 83 bootable 40 gig each. I think I installed frugal on hdb1 and possibly hdb2 but I know grub is on hdb1. I did read up on grub and I think there are commands that will do what I need but as of now it is too deep for me, I will read furthur. Thank for any help.  Craig
Quote (Gadabout @ June 09 2006,19:41)
Sorry, I can't figure out how to output the fdisk to this page so I will tell you what it said. Hda1 fat32 bootable 20 gig win200 installed, hdb1 linux 83 bootable 8 gig, hdb2, hdb3, hdb4, all linux 83 bootable 40 gig each. I think I installed frugal on hdb1 and possibly hdb2 but I know grub is on hdb1. I did read up on grub and I think there are commands that will do what I need but as of now it is too deep for me, I will read furthur. Thank for any help.  Craig

hi craig
so sorry
my mistake
if u want to grub hdb then u should use hd1 so it should be like this:
use any LiveCD to boot up into whatever level then:
#grub
> root (hd1,0)
> setup (hd1)
> quit

good luck!
JiMi, Didn't work. I think you are correct in the layout but it just didn't work. It puts nothing on hda1. Don't I need something on hda1 that would be like the MBR or like if I had installed dsl to hda1 the /boot/grub/ things would be there? I did read something about redirecting drives in grub but couldn't quite understand it. I will read more, but I sure thank you for all the help.  Craig
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