"Casey" wrote in message news:SHL8h.78$mb.16@newsfe04.lga...
>I have a p3 800 mhz 256 mb ram with two HD's.
> I loaded XP first on the first hardrive (1) and then loaded Freespire on
> the 2nd hardrive.
> The boot loader was Grub.
> Everything was working great until an 'update' from MS.
> I could not boot into Freespire; it would get to Grub and then just stop.
> I could boot into XP..
> But not Linux (Freespire)
> I tryed reloading Freespire on the 2nd HD but it goes to the loading sceen
> then suddenly stops.
> I tryed another Linux, PCLinuxOS..did the same.
> The only one I can get to load is Ubuntu now.
> Although Ubuntu is ok, I liked the Freespire.
> I tryed to see if anything was in the bios and all was ok..
> Any ideas?
> It's weird.
>
I should add..
The first hardrive is on IDE 1 master..
The secound is IDE 2 Master..