Grub Not Running When 3 Partitions (Breezy)

[Phillip Susi]

Maybe if you could explain what you mean by "it doesn't work", such as 
what error message you get. 

Kent Borg wrote:
> I am having an odd problem with booting.  When I install Breezy with
> this partitioning (approximate sizes) of an 80 GB disk, it works:
>
>   /dev/sda1  ext3  /  79 GB
>   /dev/sda2  swap      1 GB
>
> Grub won't run when I change to, the machine won't boot:
>
>   /dev/sda1  ext3  /  35 GB
>   /dev/sda2  swap      1 GB
>   /dev/sda3  ext3  /mnt/extrapartition
>                       44 GB
>
> I put grub on a floppy, and it will boot this installation.  I ran
> grub-install to the hard disk for good measure, but it still can't
> boot the computer.
>
> I am running this on an Intel board, a D945GNT.  I have tried this
> with two different SATA drives and one PATA drive, and all operate the
> same way.  I have tried the identical install (using kickstart) on an
> unrelated motherboard, and it works there.  I updated the BIOS from
> Intel, and it still won't boot this partitioning.  
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -kb
>
>