On 09/30/2010 09:03 PM, Bob S wrote:
Dave
Thanks for the reply and helpful hints. Made some changes in fstab and grub, got rid of some of those extraneous files and rebooted intending to follow some more of your suggestions.
Now the darn thing loads to a prompt and does not accept the root bor the user passwords.
Oh well I guess it is time for a reinstall.
Bob S
Bob, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I'm sure your system is still there. Sounds to me like you have a grub menu.lst error that is booting bits and pieces of your system. If you can get to it, then give us: cat /proc/partitions mount df -h Also, you can boot with your install cd and then chroot your actual system and fix it that way. Just boot the install cd into repair mode and get to a bash prompt. Then as root, create a mount point '/mnt' works fine, then do the following: mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys mount /dev/(whatever your root is) /mnt mount /dev/(whatever your home is) /mnt/home (mount any other partitions you have separate (/var /boot /srv etc...) Then cd /mnt chroot /mnt You will then have your system (your normal real system) chrooted (in whatever shape it may be in) and you can access all your files (menu.lst, fstab, etc.), use yast -- whatever to fix the problem. If you get into the chroot -- then post the requested output above... When your done, just type exit to exit the chroot and reboot and test. If that goes south, then I would just start fresh and reinstall 11.3, it should be that difficult :-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org