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[Insomniac <insomniac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, July 01, 2011 10:18 Insomniac wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>   I got a new 40 GB hdd the other day so that I could install openSUSE 10.3
> on it to use as my 'game' drive (I have a Crossover thing that just
> doesn't work well with 11.3, unfortunately)
>
>   What I did, was I unplugged the 11.3 hdd from the MOBO, installed the new
> hdd, plugged it in *on the SATA 3 plug (there's 4, 11.3 is on 1, the
> CD/DVD writer is on 2 and now 10.3 on 3) and turned the system on and
> installed 10.3 on it.
>
>   Then, I plugged my 11.3 back in and started up the system and got into
> 11.3 to put the new hdd in my GRUB.
>
>   I've chosen almost all the choices that GRUB had (using YaST) to put the
> new hdd/10.3 in the bootup selection menu (where I now have the penguins
> permanently walking back and forth, on purpose btw).
>
>   Nothing I've chosen works. When I get to the menu where I can select what
> to do (11.3, 10.3, 11.3 failsafe, floppy), if I choose 10.3 it starts the
> GRUB for it and then brings me right back to the choice menu again.
>
>   Is there something I'm missing? Should I install 10.3 again but leave my
> 11.3 plugged in and start up with the 10.3 in the cd/dvd writer and try it
> that way and hope that install doesn't screw up enough that I can no
> longer get in 11.3?
>
>   JB

  Got it solved, folks. Thanks for the assistance!


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