[opensuse] help needed to recover dual boot.
Hi all, I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more. I see both C: and D: partitions, the latter is for my data etc in windows. How could I make it bootable again, without reinstalling any of the opsystems? Thanks: OszkoA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 20/09/2013 09:37, "Albert, Oszkó" a écrit :
Hi all,
I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more.
is windows available in the grub (opensuse) boot menu? what do the screen display when trying booting? jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
2013-09-20 09:45 keltezéssel, jdd írta:
Le 20/09/2013 09:37, "Albert, Oszkó" a écrit :
Hi all,
I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more.
is windows available in the grub (opensuse) boot menu?
what do the screen display when trying booting?
jdd
Yes, windows is available in the boot menu, but when I choose it, nothing happens. After a blink of the display it defaults back to oS. OszkoA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 20/09/2013 09:53, "Albert, Oszkó" a écrit :
Yes, windows is available in the boot menu, but when I choose it, nothing happens. After a blink of the display it defaults back to oS.
may be it's only grub that fails try YaST, boot loader, and the option that makes it search for a new config if it's grub2, there is an option "search for other OS" jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20/09/13 17:37, "Albert, Oszkó" wrote:
Hi all,
I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more. I see both C: and D: partitions, the latter is for my data etc in windows. How could I make it bootable again, without reinstalling any of the opsystems?
Thanks: OszkoA
Which version of openSUSE are you running? Go to YaST>Bootloader and see which version of grub you are using - the first page of Bootloader will show if you are using 'grub' or 'grub2'. Once we know the answers to above it should be only (hopefully! :-) ) a matter of running either grub- or grub2-mkconfig to get you out of trouble. (But there are some parameters to be used with grub- or grub2-mkconfig so don't just go and run this command!) BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.11.1 & kernel 3.11.1-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, I have oS 12.3 with GRUB OszkoA 2013-09-20 11:31 keltezéssel, Basil Chupin írta:
On 20/09/13 17:37, "Albert, Oszkó" wrote:
Hi all,
I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more. I see both C: and D: partitions, the latter is for my data etc in windows. How could I make it bootable again, without reinstalling any of the opsystems?
Thanks: OszkoA
Which version of openSUSE are you running?
Go to YaST>Bootloader and see which version of grub you are using - the first page of Bootloader will show if you are using 'grub' or 'grub2'.
Once we know the answers to above it should be only (hopefully! :-) ) a matter of running either grub- or grub2-mkconfig to get you out of trouble.
(But there are some parameters to be used with grub- or grub2-mkconfig so don't just go and run this command!)
BC
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On 20/09/13 21:57, "Albert, Oszkó" wrote:
Hi,
I have oS 12.3 with GRUB
OszkoA
2013-09-20 11:31 keltezéssel, Basil Chupin írta:
On 20/09/13 17:37, "Albert, Oszkó" wrote:
Hi all,
I have (had) a Win XP + openSuSE dual boot system. In the last couple of years I used only the linux part, but now I would need windows again to do some work with some specific software. I faced the problem that I could not boot into windows any more. I see both C: and D: partitions, the latter is for my data etc in windows. How could I make it bootable again, without reinstalling any of the opsystems?
Thanks: OszkoA
Which version of openSUSE are you running?
Go to YaST>Bootloader and see which version of grub you are using - the first page of Bootloader will show if you are using 'grub' or 'grub2'.
Once we know the answers to above it should be only (hopefully! :-) ) a matter of running either grub- or grub2-mkconfig to get you out of trouble.
(But there are some parameters to be used with grub- or grub2-mkconfig so don't just go and run this command!)
BC
Hi, I have oS 12.3 with GRUB OszkoA Good. Now go back to YaST>Bootloader and click on the Boot Loader Options and see (on the first line) if the 'Probe Foreign OS' box is ticked - it should be by default. Let me know if it isn't. Now open a terminal and login in as root: type su - [ENTER] then the root password. As root type in: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub/cfg [ENTER] This should create a new grub menu showing both openSUSE 12.3 and the XP. If this won't boot your XP then the problem lies elsewhere and will require more looking into. BC PS BTW, please don't top post (as you can see I transferred your reply to the appropriate spot above). -- Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.11.1 & kernel 3.11.1-2 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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