Nope.  Doesn't work.

Even when I attempt to manually select/edit my WinXP partition at boot-
time, Grub indicates:  Error 12:  Invalid device requested.

So, here's what I have:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ubuntu# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9dc96e9e

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           5       40131   de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *           6        2077    16643340    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            2078        9726    61440592+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            2078        4626    20474811    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6            4627        7187    20571201    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7            7188        9726    20394486    7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 4126 MB, 4126670848 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 501 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b2e6d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1         473     3799341   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2             474         501      224910    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5             474         501      224878+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My device.map is as follows:
(hd0)   /dev/sda
(hd1)   /dev/sdb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My menu.lst is as follows:
title           Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root            (hd1,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic 
root=UUID=2f59bebe-c4c8-4d2b-a989-4bd9182241f2 ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title           Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root            (hd1,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic 
root=UUID=2f59bebe-c4c8-4d2b-a989-4bd9182241f2 ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title           Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root            (hd1,0)
kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title           Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title           Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root            (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader     +1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Still can't boot to either OS.  But especially want to boot to WinXP.

All ideas are welcome.  Thanks.

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