Hi, We probably need more information about how you went about doing that setup, and which Windows, and which SUSE. Vista can be more trouble than older versions. (sorry don't know the hard-drive details) I installed SUSE 10.2 which partitioned the hard drive as part of the installation so it dual boots. The other operating system is Windows XP. After not shutting my machine down properly (don't ask) I went to reboot it (normally, without any disk in the drive)it wouldn't go beyond the GRUB loading 1.5 stage, which then returned Error 18. Sounds like your installation DVD is still in the drive. I do. I put in after my machine wouldn't go beyond the GRUB loading when I turned it on to see if I could do anything about sorting the problem from using the installation DVD such as a RESCUE. http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/grub/html_chapter/grub_13.html tells the meaning of that message. I have checked out what the Error code refers to but are none the wiser (said I was a newbie). It says: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. thanks, meredith --- mrmazda@ij.net wrote: From: Felix Miata To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] SUSE Operating System: GRUB Loading Error 18 Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:11:50 -0500 On 2009/01/01 15:49 (GMT-0800) meredith walsh composed:

Hi, I have my computer set up for dual boot SUSE and Windows.

We probably need more information about how you went about doing that setup, and which Windows, and which SUSE. Vista can be more trouble than older versions.

However, now when the option of which operating system no longer appears. Instead, I get a choice of Booting from the Local Disk, Installation, Memory Check, Firmware check, etc.

Sounds like your installation DVD is still in the drive.

If I choose to Boot from the local disk, it goes to GRUB loading ... then returns Error 18.

http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/grub/html_chapter/grub_13.html tells the meaning of that message.

I'm a Newbie at this, so any help - as clearly and simply as you can put it would be great.

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