<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#ffffff"> Timothy Murphy wrote: <blockquote cite="midedc2s7$bsf$1@sea.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Bob Goodwin wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Grub looks pretty much as you specify.: sh-3.1# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp) root (hd1,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp.img title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I would try saying "grub-install --recheck /dev/sda". </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">sh-3.1# grub-install --recheck /dev/sda (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb Actually there's no floppy drive installed in the Dell. It also tells me if any of the above is incorrect, fix it, and re-run grub-install. Looks ok to me? I suppose I might try swapping sda and sdb as was also suggested, if that works it would be easier than opening the box and swapping cables, etc. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> So it seems that the grub loader has been installed on the MBR of /dev/sda . Is this actually what you think of as sda? (fdisk -l /dev/sda should tell you.) Do you get a grub prompt when you re-boot? Is the boot order in the BIOS what you would expect, or want? You could try using fdisk to change the active partition, though I can't see why that should have any effect. [I don't claim to be a grub expert; and also I have not read all the thread, so I may be off-beam.] </pre> </blockquote> Bingo! You solved my problem, or at least pointed me to the solution. Fdisk showed both drives designated as boot, I toggled boot to off for /dev/sda and now grub comes up and offers selection of either operating system. I haven't tried selecting Windows XP yet but will report if a problem remains. I can't explain why both were set to boot but that's the way the installer left them? Thanks. BobG </body> </html>