So I finally found the stage2_eltorito file, created an iso with this file along with my menu.lst file and burnt the image. Upon rebooting, and choosing to boot linux, it gave me a 'stage1/stage2 mismatch' error. I couldn't boot XP from this point either. So I created a boot cd only using the stage2_eltorito file (no menu.lst) and it then booted to the grub command line. At this point I tried to manually load the kernel and boot, but it couldn't find the kernel. I used the same commands that were in the menu.lst file for booting ubuntu and it just wouldn't work. I've double checked the instructions in the grub documentation and I think I'm following them correctly but obviously I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? RQ