Strange Grub problem with Fedora 9 install

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Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
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> I just upgraded a system that had XP and Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 with a clean 
> install. The XP is on hd0 and the Linux is on hd1. With Fedora 8, this was 
> installed and worked with no problem.
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> After installing Fedora 9, the system would initially not boot either OS. A 
> check of the grub optoin showed the drives were reversed, it was using hd0 
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I noticed that when I installed the live CD of Fedora 9 it reversed the 
order of PATA and SATA drives from previous versions.  Maybe this is 
something new in the 2.6.25 kernel.  And might be related to your 
problem or not.
> for the linux, and hd1 for the XP. Using th grub edit option, I was able to edit 
> the boot line, and correct it, and then later made the changes in the 
> grub.conf file itself. Had some problems with the grub edit option not 
> working, and had to try it a couple times to get it to change, but after 
> physically changing the file, it can boot boot with either OS with no problem.
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