I think I would like to see this output:
Partition check: hda: [PTBL] [1869/255/63] hda1 hda2 hda3
Is it identical under the normal bios?
What does the normal BIOS show? Many times this problem occurs with weird hard drive PTBL setups.
I assume your hard drive is: hda1 -> /boot hda2 -> / hda3 -> swap
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