Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2217 mails)

[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Houston wrote:
> As I've mentioned before, I built a Linux machine more or less as a toy
> -- an educational one, but not something that I depend on.  So I've
> experimented a bit more freely than some might, installing different
> versions of openSuSE, as well as trying out Ubuntu and Fedora at one
> time or another.  It's been fun, and I've learned a lot.
> 
> Currently I have what I think is a great configuration in place for
> openSuSE 10.3 Beta 3, but somehow I've ended up with a machine that
> won't boot other than with the DVD.  When I try booting from the hard
> drive (one of two in the machine), I get an error telling me "Invalid
> partition table," and the boot procedure stops.
> If I boot with the DVD in place, it defaults to "boot from hard disk,"
> and everything starts up just fine.  The OS knows exactly how the drives
> are partitioned, so I'm confident that there's valid partition
> information somewhere.
> 
> I'd really like to be able to empty the DVD drive and boot normally from
> the hard drive.  Is there a way write a new partition table to the right
> place on the hard drive, so I'll be able to boot from it, without
> requiring the DVD to be in place?  Will the partitioner do this for me? 
> If so, I'd appreciate any advice on how to make it happen.

To get grub installed correctly on your hard drive, see if my Linux Brain
Dump post helps:

http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/08/17/restoring-grub/

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