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....but either way, I get the same error during reboot after it says loading GRUB.
(hd1,4)/boot/message: file not found
Then it goes to an MS-DOS looking boot menu that lists OpenSUSE 11.1 and Windows. I try selecting either one and I get the error:
Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds max. supported by BIOS.
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Seems to me to indicate that you've put the Grub boot code for sda onto a high partition rather than in the MBR. Maybe you could try an experiment to see if the setup is at all conducive to booting off of sda. If the sdb is disconnected (pull drive power cable), does a grub menu at all come up when u boot sda or does it go straight to windows bootloader (I know you said something about that but I'm a bit lost)? i.e. when you get the "msdos looking menu", if you press Escape, what happens?