suse 9 won't boot without cd

From: kevin (_nospam_kliner_at_charter.net)
Date: 02/04/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:20:47 -0600

i'm having troubles with suse not booting without a cd. i have tried editing
the boot files several different ways to fix the problems, but it still
won't
do it without the boot cd. in bios, i have floppy, cd(2), hd (or scsi for
sata, i change them sometimes), and boot other devices. floppy spins, the cd
drives are searched and then i get a blinking cursor. i tried to restore the
mbr from when i installed to no avail. any ideas? thanks. kevin.

/boot/grub/device.map_______________________________________
(hd0)   /dev/hda  (this is wd 80gb. suse is installed here.)
(hd1)   /dev/hde (this is wd sata. nothing installed here.)
(hd2)   /dev/hdg (this is also wd sata. nothing installed here.)
(fd0)   /dev/fd0
__________________________________________________________

/boot/grub/menu.lst__________________________________________
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Feb  2 20:04:06 2004

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Linux
    kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 vga=0x31a splash=silent
desktop
hdd=ide-scsi hddlun=0 showopts
    initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
    root (fd0)
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe
    kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 showopts ide=nodma apm=off
acpi=off vga=normal nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3
    initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:
original_mbr###
title MBR before Installation
    chainloader (hd0,0)/boot/backup_mbr

________________________________________________________________

/etc/grub.conf________________________________________________
root (hd0,0)
install  --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/
stage2 0x8000 (hd0,0)/boot/grub/menu.lst
quit
___________________________________________________________

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