teeitup,

I don't think that is a real error but something to do with one Grub loading another version of Grub.

What I would do in your case is to activate a Grub prompt, by press "esc" and the "c" key before booting any system.

You can then type
Code:
geometry (hd0)
to see if (hd0,8) is listed or not. It it does appear then try these commands
Code:
root (hd0,8)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
Grub can boot from the back end of a 1TB disk.