Thanks for the information. Debian Etch is able to create a bootmenu using Grub since I've done it with older versions of Debian and it works fine, but this computer which I have been working with today and yesterday have had serious problems identifying any harddrives and sometimes even can't understand that there is a DVD burner inside.
I am going to change the gray IDE harddrive cables tomorrow and then I will try to install a Windows XP system from scratch on this harddrive mainly to see if it's possible but also because the person which I'm doing this for needs a working Windows XP system. He also wanted Linux but then I recommended him that he'll buy a usb harddrive in the future where he install Linux on instead. It seems less troublesome than fiddling around with IDE disks and noting down what is what and so on... (Where's the painkiller?)
He will hopefully get a new motherboard in 2 weeks and then things will be better I hope. This day hasn't been my best but perhaps I'll have more luck with fixing the PC in the coming days.
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