Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4288 mails)

["Keith Jacobs" <keithjacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just tried, for the second time, to install SuSE8 onto a Windows
System in dual boot (the first time I lost everthing and had to wipe the
drive and start all over again). Once again I was able to install SuSE then
could not boot into Windows only Linux.

In Linux fdisk -l produced

Disk /dev/hda
Device		Boot	Start	End	Blocks		Id	System
/dev/hda1		1	479	3847536	c	Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2		1122	1245	996030		f	Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3	*	480	481	16065		linux
/dev/hda4		482	1121	5140800	linux
/dev/hda5		1122	1245	995998+	b	Win95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hdb (this is my data drive, thank goodness)
Device		Boot	Start	End	Blocks		Id	System
/dev/hdb1	*	1	775	3124768	b	Win95 FAT32 (LBA)

When I tried to change the configuration with YaST2 I received the error;
Warning; LBA32 addressing assumed. Device 0x0301: Partition type 0x0c does
not seem suitable for LILO Boot Sector.

Using a Windows boot diskette and FDISK I found partition 2 as active and
after setting partition 1 as active I am able to boot into windows but
cannot know boot into Linux.

Suggestion to overcome this would be appriciated
Regards
Keith Jacobs
Researching the Baggarley Family History.
Member of the Society of One Name Studies,
East Surrey & London & Nth Middx Family History Societies.