On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:35:29 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote:

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Klaus Kaempf wrote:

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* Marco Calistri [Sep 17. 2009 16:05]:

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Hello list,

Latest M7 update resolves to overwrite previous grub informations and rebooting the system end up to grub window showing only "floppy" as available boot media.

I guess thats already reported as bnc#533766

Klaus --- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

I had this issue as well. How about someone posting the menu.lst or whatever is needed to get the machine back working again. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Is what I have default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE LINUX root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/system/root repair=1 resume=/dev/system/swap splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a initrd /initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/system/root showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a initrd /initrd -- If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't. -Fight Club -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Marco Calistri wrote:

Il giorno gio, 17/09/2009 alle 11.03 -0300, Marco Calistri ha scritto:

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Hello list,

Latest M7 update resolves to overwrite previous grub informations and rebooting the system end up to grub window showing only "floppy" as available boot media.

Cheers!

-- Marco Calistri <amdturion>

Thanks all for the replies!

Well I've been able to repair my installation using the 11.2 M7 DVD. I then attempted to use splashy on place of bootsplash, but this doesn't works as expected.

If you were able to get to the menu.lst in /grub/boot then all you need to have done is to rename menu.lst.old to menu.lst (and either remove the existing, non-working, menu.lst or rename it to something like menu.lst.old.old). When a new kernel is installed, it renames the exsting (old) menu.lst to menu.lst.old and then creates a new menu.lst. Normally this is done without creating any problems but the MSx series obviously has a bug in it and the new menu.lst created is rubbish. BC -- Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. W C Fields. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Marco Calistri wrote:

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Marco Calistri wrote:

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Il giorno gio, 17/09/2009 alle 11.03 -0300, Marco Calistri ha scritto:

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Hello list,

Latest M7 update resolves to overwrite previous grub informations and rebooting the system end up to grub window showing only "floppy" as available boot media.

Cheers!

-- Marco Calistri <amdturion>

Thanks all for the replies!

Well I've been able to repair my installation using the 11.2 M7 DVD. I then attempted to use splashy on place of bootsplash, but this doesn't works as expected.

If you were able to get to the menu.lst in /grub/boot then all you need to have done is to rename menu.lst.old to menu.lst (and either remove the existing, non-working, menu.lst or rename it to something like menu.lst.old.old).

When a new kernel is installed, it renames the exsting (old) menu.lst to menu.lst.old and then creates a new menu.lst. Normally this is done without creating any problems but the MSx series obviously has a bug in it and the new menu.lst created is rubbish.

BC

Thank you Basil, yes I discovered this kind of issue, so I am now more comfortable when a repair is requested.

BR,

If you have a copy of SYSTEM RESCUE DISC (search for it) then you can mount the partition containing the oS installation and use mc (Midnight Commander) to do the renaming of menu.lst.old --- or do any other fiddles you want :-) . (Read the instructions which come up in SRD about creating a mount directory to mount devices. Nothing big, but important.) BC -- Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. W C Fields. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Marco Calistri wrote:

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse-factory] Splashy [was M7 updating overwrites grub] From: Basil Chupin To: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org Date: 18/09/2009 10.34

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Marco Calistri wrote:

If you have a copy of SYSTEM RESCUE DISC (search for it) then you can mount the partition containing the oS installation and use mc (Midnight Commander) to do the renaming of menu.lst.old --- or do any other fiddles you want :-) . (Read the instructions which come up in SRD about creating a mount directory to mount devices. Nothing big, but important.)

BC

I used to use the installation DVD, with the option "repair", or even "single mode", in case I need to edit something manually into the broken system.

My M7 is a virtual-machine, so I always have a working copy and other which is the "under test" version :-) .

Cheers,

Ah, OK. I which case may I suggest that the next time you have a problem please give all the relevant details about your setup when asking for assistance. Nobody here has a crystal ball :-) , and solutions may be provided with less time wasting if all relevant, at least the basic, details are provided to begin with :-) . BC -- Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. W C Fields. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org