On 2010/09/12 18:04 (GMT-0400) John Perry composed:
I was expecting a vaguely remembered option to "repair installed system", or some such, which isn't on either the net install disk or the complete iso. I'd rather not have to reinstall suse, even if I could be sure that would solve all my problems.
Repair was dropped from 11.3 because there are too many failure modes and would require a herculean amount of development time to keep useful.
So, googling "suse xp dual boot", I find several references to such a feature on ubuntu and some others, but I also hit a scary comment that substituting the xp bootloader is risky, and it's better to modify it to give the option to boot linux (bkpavan.wordpress.com, apcmag.com, www.wellho.net).
When searching, try "multiboot" or "multi boot" or "multi-boot", as dual boot has a special meaning: exactly two, and more specifically, two different systems booting from the very same partition (e.g. both DOS and Windows booting from C:). Multiboot means any bootable OS number greater than one. http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/partitioningindex.html#WHATDUAL See if http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html isn't enough help. If not, ask more specific questions. FWIW, recovering your already installed openSUSE should be easy, but communicating the best procedure to accomplish it isn't, and needs specific and detailed information about your partitioning to acquire the best recommended plan. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org