ok, so i: dpkg --force-depends --purge grub; apt-get clean; apt-get install grub thining that it would solve my problem. then on whim i changed around some menu.lst stuff:
was - title hurd root=(hd2,0) kernel (hd2,0)/boot/gnumach.gz root=/dev/hd3s1 module (hd2,0)/boot/serverboot.gz boot is - title hurd kernel (hd2,0)/boot/gnumach.gz root=/dev/hd3s1 module (hd,2,0)/boot/serverboot.gz boot so it now works. i don't know why it would crap out with the root (2,0) line unless i have missunderstood the way that grub configures. my understanding was that this line was telling the root of the 'to be booted' however my new understanding (from your message) is that this line is the grub root. also in looking at my other grub entries, this was the only one that used such a line. i probably should have tried eliminating lines i "knew" i didn't need. anyways, thank you for your help
