On Thu, August 7, 2008 13:36, Ed Harrison wrote:
In a related problem, when my external USB disk, or any random USB stick, is plugged in, then I cannot boot, no valid boot device found. Unplug all USB devices and it works like a charm. I alread plugged all USB disks/sticks into an USB hub so I only have to unplug one cable.
Check your CMOS boot order and see that only a fixed harddrive or CD-ROM is listed ahead of anything that could describe a usb device.
OK, I did that. When de USB drive is plugged in, it works perfectly. But now when the USB drive is not plugged in, I get grub error 17. I'm really suspicious that Grub has "issues" with detecting the correct hard disk order. I had a similar problem with Grub back when I still used Ubuntu. Clean install from the cd, first boot --> Grub error. And I had only accepted the setup defaults! The solution was booting with a Knoppix cd, and manually reinstalling Grub, or changing something in menu.lst, I don't remember the exact details. Is it possible tha Grub has "issues"? Or am I calling it a "bug" too soon and is it just a problem between keyboard and chair? ;-) -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org