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Posted a problem with Grub, where I installed Debian on top of Ubuntu and Windows XP. Was able to solve part of problem by using Super Grub CD. The Grub ...
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    Posted a problem with Grub, where I installed Debian on top of Ubuntu and Windows XP. Was able to solve part of problem by using Super Grub CD. The Grub entries for Ubuntu and XP were restored. The problem I have now is the Grub entry for Debian returns a error code. Below is entry in Grub menu.lst file. Is this valid. (Some system info, I have two drives the first drive IDE is 60GB the second drive SCSI is 20GB. The first drive contains Ubuntu and Windows XP along with a linux swap partition. The second drive contains Debian 4.0 and a linux swap partition. Why can't Grub find my Debian install on scsi.

    title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
    root (hd1,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda2 ro
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
    savedefault

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    Things you could check:
    Is the drive/partition notation correct:
    root (hd1,1) --> This points to the second partition on the second drive. (You sure it's hd, not sd for the scsi-drive? I am not...)
    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 --> Is this really your kernel? (I suppose so, but you should check the exact spelling)
    root=/dev/sda2 --> This points to the first Sata/Scsi-drive and the second partition upon it. Correct? What is your first drive, an IDE?

    When you can provide us with what he fails (the error message), perhaps that could be helpful.

    Ogion

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    Boot up Ubuntu, open Terminal and execute this
    Code:
    sudo fdisk -l
    Post output here.
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