URGENT help requested please
PLEASE HELP - URGENT - CAN'T BOOT - CAN'T REINSTALL! I have been curious about Linux for a while so because I had to reinstall Windows on my laptop, I downloaded SUSE Linux 9.1 Personal to try out between my Windows installations. I like it but now I have to go back and reinstall Windows. I couldn't find any obvious way to boot from the CD from Linux. I spent a few hours on the internet looking for information on how to boot from a CD in SUSE Linux. No luck. In the help files on my computer I found some information in YAST about changing the boot order. I played around with that, but seeing that it looked complicated, I tried to reset the settings back to normal by clicking "reset" or "start over". Now my computer won't boot. I just get a black screen that says: GRUB Loading Stage 2... graphics file "(hd1,1)/boot/message" missing, press a key to continue... I press a key and it brings me to a screen that says: Linux Failsafe If I try to boot either, it says: Error 18: selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS I tried pressing "e" for edit (Linux) and it says: kernel (hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop resume=/dev/hda1 showopts initrd (hd1,1)/bout/initrd I didn't mess with any of the above lines. Can someone please tell me how I can get my system from this point to a point where I can boot an installation CD from my D: drive? I would like to eventually put Linux on a desktop, but I need to put Windows back on this laptop ASAP. If you could CC: a reply to my other email also (joshucohen@ (it's a hotmail acct)) it would be appreciated. Thank you!! J.Cohen Amherst, MA -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp...
In a previous message, "iejls olwk"
I couldn't find any obvious way to boot from the CD from Linux.
You don't boot from the CD "from linux". You boot from the CD while the machine is booting. So, you need to set your PC's BIOS so that it will boot from the CD, but how you do this varies depending on your BIOS. Certainly, if you reach the GRUB menu then you're too late - the PC is already booting from the hard disc. As for the Grub menu, you've messed with the settings, as you said, so you should probably boot from the CD you installed from and select Installation, then "boot installed system", then reinstall GRUB from YaST. But, if you're installing Windows next then you don't need to bother. Just remember - in linux, Windows or any computer OS, don't mess with configuration files you don't understand without taking backups :-) John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
iejls olwk wrote:
PLEASE HELP - URGENT - CAN'T BOOT - CAN'T REINSTALL!
I have been curious about Linux for a while so because I had to reinstall Windows on my laptop, I downloaded SUSE Linux 9.1 Personal to try out between my Windows installations.
I like it but now I have to go back and reinstall Windows. I couldn't find any obvious way to boot from the CD from Linux. I spent a few hours on the internet looking for information on how to boot from a CD in SUSE Linux. No luck. In the help files on my computer I found some information in YAST about changing the boot order. I played around with that, but seeing that it looked complicated, I tried to reset the settings back to normal by clicking "reset" or "start over".
Now my computer won't boot.
Install Windows, then install Linux. When you install Linux, you should be given the opportunity to configure the boot loader, so that you can run either OS. Also, there is a "Live Eval" SuSE image, available for download.
On Sunday 22 August 2004 21:24, James Knott wrote:
Install Windows, then install Linux.
Remark:- ________ It is handy to Partition a Hard Disk with HDA1 about 100 mb to be used as /boot HDA2 about 2500 mb for M$ Winders and, then, all Linux Partitions AFTER those two. -- best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________
On Sunday 22 August 2004 21:24, James Knott wrote:
Install Windows, then install Linux.
Remark:- ________
It is handy to Partition a Hard Disk with
HDA1 about 100 mb to be used as /boot HDA2 about 2500 mb for M$ Winders
and, then, all Linux Partitions AFTER those two.
Windows really does not like being anywhere other than on the first primary partition. I guess others may have had different experiences but I have always had intermittent boot failures when it was installed anywhere else. Given that with modern bios' the 1024 cylinder issue no longer matters, I would put windows on /dev/hda1, /boot on /dev/hda2, etc, etc. I usually just allocate about 30-40MB for /boot, but I guess it depends on your individual requirements. David
David Robertson wrote:
Windows really does not like being anywhere other than on the first primary partition.
This is a myth I wish Linux people would stop perpetuating: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jul/1642.html More at URL below. -- "Never tire of doing what is right." 2 Thessalonians 3:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html
David Robertson wrote:
Windows really does not like being anywhere other than on the first primary partition.
This is a myth I wish Linux people would stop perpetuating:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jul/1642.html
Just my experience - I have, on a number of occasions, installed Windows on the second primary partition, with the first being a small (30-40MB) /boot partition. Without exception, I have subsequently had intermittent problems with Windows booting - which resolved after putting it on the first primary partition. I think another issue is that many people will be installing Linux on a machine with Windows pre-installed: to resize the FAT or NTFS partition is one thing, but to move it, to allow space for the /boot partition, is another thing entirely. Linux installations just won't do that at all, and using specific partitioning tools will often result in errors - the famous "NTLDR is missing" is a common consequence. Wiping the disk, creating your custom partitioning scheme, then installing Windows is often just not possible, as the disks provided by manufacturers these days often do not give you a choice of where you want Windows to go. David
On Monday 23 August 2004 9:19 am, David Robertson wrote:
David Robertson wrote:
Windows really does not like being anywhere other than on the first primary partition.
This is a myth I wish Linux people would stop perpetuating:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Jul/1642.html
Just my experience - I have, on a number of occasions, installed Windows on the second primary partition, with the first being a small (30-40MB) /boot partition. Without exception, I have subsequently had intermittent problems with Windows booting - which resolved after putting it on the first primary partition.
I think another issue is that many people will be installing Linux on a machine with Windows pre-installed: to resize the FAT or NTFS partition is one thing, but to move it, to allow space for the /boot partition, is another thing entirely. Linux installations just won't do that at all, and using specific partitioning tools will often result in errors - the famous "NTLDR is missing" is a common consequence. Wiping the disk, creating your custom partitioning scheme, then installing Windows is often just not possible, as the disks provided by manufacturers these days often do not give you a choice of where you want Windows to go.
I have a Toshiba laptop and if I need to reinstall, the rescue disks reformat the entire harddrive with ntfs. It's easier to just resize it and move on. Rich
David
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