unrgent: promise controller troubles <cringe>

[Mike Sowka]

Hello Everyone,
I promise I have read the list archive and numerous other "googled"
pages with this topic... but if I don't get windowz booting on my home
computer soon someone is going to have my head! :)
I'll start with the quick description of my setup:
ASUS A7V266-E MOBO with AMD XP
Onboard VIA82xx controller:
/dev/hda <--CDRW
/dev/hdb <--nothing
/dev/hdc <--SyQuest Removable media
/dev/hdd <-- nothing
Promise Ultra100 controller:
/dev/hde0 <--ext3 /boot
/dev/hde1 <-- swap
/dev/hde2 <--- windows2000 == it used to boot ok :)
/dev/hde3 <--- ext3 /home
/dev/hdf < --- nothing
/dev/hdg0 <--- swap
/dev/hdg1 <--- ext3 /
/dev/hdg2 <--- other FAT32

Ok :) here is the scoop:
I install Win2k ( at location mentioned above ) and then having chipped
in on the extra HD on the new family computer I figure I'll promote
linux within the house-hold. I install RH7.2 with GRUB. You should have
seen the look on my face when the usual pretty GRUB GUI didnt come up
during boot! I get the grub prompt!! After hours of googling I finally
figured out how to boot my linux partition! Thanx to some Mandrake page
I added ide=addrs to the kernel line as follows:

kernel /vmlinuz ide2=0xd800,0xd402 ide3=0xd000,0xb802 ro root=/dev/hdg1 
boot

GREAT! linux boots.... BUT if I don't get windows working soon that will
be the end of ME and win=1, linux=0 at the Sowka house-hold.

OK so I permenantly added the line above to the grub.conf... I still get
the intimidating grub text prompt and AM NOT able to boot the damn
win2000 install.

Here is my devices.map file:
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hdc
(hd1) /dev/hde

the current windows item in grub.conf has:
rootnoverify (hd1,2)
chainloader +1

In the grub prompt I have tried some of the following:

rootnoverify (hd1,2)
chainloader +1
boot              
THAT JUST REBOOTS

map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)     <--- I read about this in info grub.. ??
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
boot
IT TRIES TO BOOT FROM FLOPPY!!!! ???

rootnoverify (hd1,2) ide2=0xd800,0xd402
chainloader +1
boot
THAT JUST REBOOTS

... and the list goes on... I'm running out of ideas, the certain family
members are running out of patiance... :) Most of the time on trying
command from the grub prompt on running win2000 the system just
reboots...PLUS most important of all I can't have the folks at home
bother typing in the grub commands each time at boot so the two
questions are:
1) How do I get win2000 to boot off of /dev/hde2
2) How do I get the friendly GRUB GUI?

Thank YOU SO MUCH ahead of time for any help/suggestions/comments,
Mike