On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Gregory Machin <gdm at linuxpro.co.za> wrote: >> > Just to clarify my understanding of grub's syntax for hard disk partitions > /dev/sda = hd0 Normally yes, but grub may have its own idea about what bios will consider to be hd0. You can force it with: device (hd0) /dev/sda > /dev/sda1 = hd0,0 > /dev/sda2 = hd0,1 Yes, you probably really need root (hd0,0) instead the (hd0,1) I said earlier. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com