try this,
1.Set your bios boot order back to the original setup.
2. boot maverick edit you /etc/grub.d/40_custom file with the following then rerun update grub;
Quote:
menuentry "Slackware Chainload" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
chainloader +1
}
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3.Boot the usb key back into the slackware installer and run setup. Select your slackware swap and root partitions when asked, but do not format.
Skip the software installtion section and go to the configuration section and rerun it. at the lilo section, select simple method and the root partition when asked where to install lilo. you can cancel/skip the rest of the configuration. reboot and see what happens.