only grub never went up before :-/
so i don't know if it will work for u...
i have 2 disks-hda and hdb, hda has XP runing and i use xp loader to load grub which is on /dev/hdb
i used to have lilo installed on /dev/hdb so they crushed, and it didn't matter if i used setup(hd0)or not.....
so i sugget u check couple of things:
1. in cfdisk check to c if the grub partition is bootable(signed)g
2.make a grub floppy (uhave to use dd to copy stage 1+2 on a disk) and use it to install grub the way u just told as (root, and then setup)e...
3.try to install lilo and c if it boots, if not u have some general problem with booting from that drive.... mayb try to change the bootsequance in the bios to b sure... and if it doesn't work just try to chenge the drive params in the bios....
hope u'll find your answer.....
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