>> Alas, F13.
>> I suspect that the problem might be that putting a bootloader
>>in (hd1,8) doesn't make the startup code (BIOS?) use it.
> I tried adding
>title chain14
> rootnoverify (hd1,8)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>to grub.conf .
>When I tried to use it, I got
>Error 18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS.
>Could the problem with using my boot partition with my
>F14 be that my F14 knows something else is /boot ?
>Could I fix that by editing my F14's /etc/mtab ?
I don't know what your rootnoverify is doing
You first message showed an F14 stanza (no chainloading).
Try calling that; just copy it to your F13 grub.conf
and then choose it instead of the F13 default
Jack