Strange Grub problem with Fedora 9 install

[Amadeus W.M.]

On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:41:35 -0700, stan wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 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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Id did that to me too, and I had to boot a hundred times with the live cd 
and fix grub till I got it right. At the beginning I didn't even know what 
could be wrong. It was giving me an error 22 upon grub 1.5. The ultimate 
hacking tool this live cd. A life saver.