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["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx>]

> > > > I had a hardware issue trying to install SUSE 10.1 on a computer.
> > > > Now grub is not booting to a menu.  I tried to re-perform the install,
> > > > but it had no impact on grub's booting.
> > > > I currently have:
> > > > hda1 - Win2000 boot
> > > > hda5 - NTFS working drive
> > > > hda6 - swap partition (garbage)
> > > > hda7 - / partition (just rewritten with a fresh install)
> > > > hda8 - /home (Just formatted, no users)
> > > > I can mount hda7 in rescue mode and it looks fine.
> > > > I'm trying from rescue mode to do either:
> > > > grub-install /dev/hda7
> > > > or
> > > > grub
> > > > root (hd0,7)
> > > > setup (hd0)
> > > > Both are failing.  It seems that SUSE 10.1 does not support the above
> > > > methodology anymore?

I'm just coming into this.

Is your hda1 FAT32?  Or even if it's NTFS.
In any case, is it larger than 8.4GB (8GiB) or 33.8GB (32GiB)?

Understand that NT5+ (especially NT5.1SP2, aka XPSP2) _can_ do some
"weird things" to the MBR _if_ you have a large C: drive using FAT32.
It writes hidden sectors to the MBR cylinder that GRUB and NT5+ then
fight over.

I have discovered this issue over and over.  A major problem is that
Microsoft does _not_ follow ATA-5 and Extended Int13h Disk Service
standards.

-- Bryan

P.S.  Back in 2005, I did a 3 part series on low-level
UNIX/Linux-Windows interoperability, which talks about core issues with
Windows and how they do and don't work with itself, much less
UNIX/Linux.
http://www.geocities.com/thebs413/SLUUG_LowLevelInterop_Part1.pdf  
http://www.geocities.com/thebs413/SLUUG_LowLevelInterop_Part2.pdf  
http://www.geocities.com/thebs413/SLUUG_LowLevelInterop_Part3.pdf  

I'm really trying to find a mirror for these presentations.  Geocities
is a poor location for them, and I've given up on a couple of lower-cost
hosting solutions (long, long story).



-- 
Bryan J. Smith           Professional, technical annoyance
mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx     http://thebs413.blogspot.com
----------------------------------------------------------
The existence of Linux has far more to do with the breakup
of AT&T's monopoly than anything Microsoft has ever done.



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