Net Llama! wrote: >> Could it be looking for grub.conf? > > > maybe, but i can't see why. it exists in /boot/grub/ (which points to > /etc/grub.conf) > I can't believe that grub (which isn't an OS at all) should be able to point to a file on your root file system? As others have suggested too, give it a proper grub.conf in /boot/grub. K.