[opensuse] Grub troubles

I'm pretty sure this is not SuSE specific but I'm sticking with Suse for this
machine. (fedora and Ubuntu also failed)

The install is to 2 IDE drives with SuSE being on the second drive
/dev/sdb1 is mounted on /boot
I am using lvm for the other partitions


I finish the install and I get a grub error 2 when it reboots (Bad file or
directory type)

If I tell the BIOS to boot from the other hard drive I get a grub error 17
(Cannot mount selected partition)

If I boot from the install CD I get a error 2 again.

It does not get far enough to give ne the grub menu or prompt.

the output from cat /boot/grub/menu.lst and fdisk -l follow



fdisk -l
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Disk /dev/sda: 20.5 GB, 20560412672 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2499 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0b0e0b0d

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1061 8514450 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1062 2499 11550735 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0b730b72

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2 26 200812+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 27 14593 117009427+ 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/dm-0: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/dm-1: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/dm-2: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/dm-3: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000


Disk /dev/dm-4: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000




cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
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# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Jan 8 17:24:54 UTC 2010
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,0)/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/SuSE/root resume=/dev/SuSE/swap
splash=silent showopts vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/SuSE/root showopts ide=nodma
apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off
processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

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