Neil and Michael, thanks once more for your efforts to help. Fortunately, I can get into the system, after locking the grub files named in the second post in this thread, above. FWIW, my current grub2 version is 2.02-50.1. For Neil: Yast --> Boot Loader --> Boot Loader Location --> Boot from Partition is checked. Also checked on this same screen are "Set active Flag in Partition Table for Boot Partition" and "Write generic Boot Code to MBR." For Michael: cat /etc/default/grub_installdevice /dev/disk/by-uuid/452bcebb-fb29-448f-81c0-70397fcf1274 activate generic_mbr # hexdump -n 512 -C /dev/sda 00000000 eb 63 90 8e d8 8e d0 bc 00 7c 89 e6 06 57 8e c0 |.c.......|...W..| 00000010 fb fc bf 00 06 b9 00 01 f3 a5 ea 1f 06 00 00 52 |...............R| 00000020 52 b4 41 bb aa 55 31 c9 30 f6 f9 cd 13 72 13 81 |R.A..U1.0....r..| 00000030 fb 55 aa 75 0d d1 e9 73 09 66 c7 06 8d 06 b4 42 |.U.u...s.f.....B| 00000040 eb 15 5a b4 08 cd 13 83 e1 3f 51 0f b6 c6 40 f7 |..Z......?Q...@.| 00000050 e1 52 50 66 31 c0 66 99 e8 66 00 80 01 00 00 00 |.RPf1.f..f......| 00000060 00 00 00 00 ff fa 90 90 f6 c2 80 74 05 f6 c2 70 |...........t...p| 00000070 74 02 b2 80 ea 79 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc |t....y|..1......| 00000080 00 20 fb a0 64 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 be 80 7d |. ..d|<.t...R..}| 00000090 e8 17 01 be 05 7c b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a 52 72 |.....|.A..U..ZRr| 000000a0 3d 81 fb 55 aa 75 37 83 e1 01 74 32 31 c0 89 44 |=..U.u7...t21..D| 000000b0 04 40 88 44 ff 89 44 02 c7 04 10 00 66 8b 1e 5c |.@.D..D.....f..\| 000000c0 7c 66 89 5c 08 66 8b 1e 60 7c 66 89 5c 0c c7 44 ||f.\.f..`|f.\..D| 000000d0 06 00 70 b4 42 cd 13 72 05 bb 00 70 eb 76 b4 08 |..p.B..r...p.v..| 000000e0 cd 13 73 0d 5a 84 d2 0f 83 d8 00 be 8b 7d e9 82 |..s.Z........}..| 000000f0 00 66 0f b6 c6 88 64 ff 40 66 89 44 04 0f b6 d1 |.f....d.@f.D....| 00000100 c1 e2 02 88 e8 88 f4 40 89 44 08 0f b6 c2 c0 e8 |.......@.D......| 00000110 02 66 89 04 66 a1 60 7c 66 09 c0 75 4e 66 a1 5c |.f..f.`|f..uNf.\| 00000120 7c 66 31 d2 66 f7 34 88 d1 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 3b ||f1.f.4..1.f.t.;| 00000130 44 08 7d 37 fe c1 88 c5 30 c0 c1 e8 02 08 c1 88 |D.}7....0.......| 00000140 d0 5a 88 c6 bb 00 70 8e c3 31 db b8 01 02 cd 13 |.Z....p..1......| 00000150 72 1e 8c c3 60 1e b9 00 01 8e db 31 f6 bf 00 80 |r...`......1....| 00000160 8e c6 fc f3 a5 1f 61 ff 26 5a 7c be 86 7d eb 03 |......a.&Z|..}..| 00000170 be 95 7d e8 34 00 be 9a 7d e8 2e 00 cd 18 eb fe |..}.4...}.......| 00000180 47 52 55 42 20 00 47 65 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 |GRUB .Geom.Hard | 00000190 44 69 73 6b 00 52 65 61 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 |Disk.Read. Error| 000001a0 0d 0a 00 bb 01 00 b4 0e cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 |...........<.u..| 000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 59 f4 8a dd b8 ed 00 20 |........Y...... | 000001c0 21 00 07 df 13 0c 00 08 00 00 00 20 03 00 00 df |!.......... ....| 000001d0 14 0c 07 7b 48 73 00 28 03 00 00 38 f4 13 80 fe |...{Hs.(...8....| 000001e0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 00 60 f7 13 b0 d2 d7 09 00 00 |.......`........| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200 # lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 238.5G 0 disk ������sda1 8:1 0 100M 0 part ������sda2 8:2 0 159.6G 0 part ������sda3 8:3 0 78.8G 0 part / sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk ������sdb1 8:17 0 128M 0 part ������sdb2 8:18 0 1.8T 0 part sdc 8:32 0 1.8T 0 disk ������sdc1 8:33 0 128M 0 part ������sdc2 8:34 0 1.8T 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom A second FWIW: sda1 and sda2 are Windows 7. Tumbleweed is installed on sda3 without a swap partition. sdb and sdc are encrypted data drives. The hexdumps for /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc: # hexdump -n 512 -C /dev/sdb 00000000 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |3.....|......|..| 00000010 06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50 68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00 |.......Ph.......| 00000020 bd be 07 80 7e 00 00 7c 0b 0f 85 0e 01 83 c5 10 |....~..|........| 00000030 e2 f1 cd 18 88 56 00 55 c6 46 11 05 c6 46 10 00 |.....V.U.F...F..| 00000040 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5d 72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 |.A..U..]r...U.u.| 00000050 f7 c1 01 00 74 03 fe 46 10 66 60 80 7e 10 00 74 |....t..F.f`.~..t| 00000060 26 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 ff 76 08 68 00 00 68 00 |&fh....f.v.h..h.| 00000070 7c 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 56 00 8b f4 cd 13 ||h..h...B.V.....| 00000080 9f 83 c4 10 9e eb 14 b8 01 02 bb 00 7c 8a 56 00 |............|.V.| 00000090 8a 76 01 8a 4e 02 8a 6e 03 cd 13 66 61 73 1c fe |.v..N..n...fas..| 000000a0 4e 11 75 0c 80 7e 00 80 0f 84 8a 00 b2 80 eb 84 |N.u..~..........| 000000b0 55 32 e4 8a 56 00 cd 13 5d eb 9e 81 3e fe 7d 55 |U2..V...]...>.}U| 000000c0 aa 75 6e ff 76 00 e8 8d 00 75 17 fa b0 d1 e6 64 |.un.v....u.....d| 000000d0 e8 83 00 b0 df e6 60 e8 7c 00 b0 ff e6 64 e8 75 |......`.|....d.u| 000000e0 00 fb b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 3b 66 81 fb 54 |.......f#.u;f..T| 000000f0 43 50 41 75 32 81 f9 02 01 72 2c 66 68 07 bb 00 |CPAu2....r,fh...| 00000100 00 66 68 00 02 00 00 66 68 08 00 00 00 66 53 66 |.fh....fh....fSf| 00000110 53 66 55 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 68 00 7c 00 00 66 |SfUfh....fh.|..f| 00000120 61 68 00 00 07 cd 1a 5a 32 f6 ea 00 7c 00 00 cd |ah.....Z2...|...| 00000130 18 a0 b7 07 eb 08 a0 b6 07 eb 03 a0 b5 07 32 e4 |..............2.| 00000140 05 00 07 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 bb 07 00 b4 0e cd |......<.t.......| 00000150 10 eb f2 f4 eb fd 2b c9 e4 64 eb 00 24 02 e0 f8 |......+..d..$...| 00000160 24 02 c3 49 6e 76 61 6c 69 64 20 70 61 72 74 69 |$..Invalid parti| 00000170 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 62 6c 65 00 45 72 72 6f 72 |tion table.Error| 00000180 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 | loading operati| 00000190 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 00 4d 69 73 73 69 6e |ng system.Missin| 000001a0 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 |g operating syst| 000001b0 65 6d 00 00 00 63 7b 9a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |em...c{.........| 000001c0 02 00 ee ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 |................| 000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200 # hexdump -n 512 -C /dev/sdc 00000000 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |3.....|......|..| 00000010 06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50 68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00 |.......Ph.......| 00000020 bd be 07 80 7e 00 00 7c 0b 0f 85 0e 01 83 c5 10 |....~..|........| 00000030 e2 f1 cd 18 88 56 00 55 c6 46 11 05 c6 46 10 00 |.....V.U.F...F..| 00000040 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5d 72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 |.A..U..]r...U.u.| 00000050 f7 c1 01 00 74 03 fe 46 10 66 60 80 7e 10 00 74 |....t..F.f`.~..t| 00000060 26 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 ff 76 08 68 00 00 68 00 |&fh....f.v.h..h.| 00000070 7c 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4 42 8a 56 00 8b f4 cd 13 ||h..h...B.V.....| 00000080 9f 83 c4 10 9e eb 14 b8 01 02 bb 00 7c 8a 56 00 |............|.V.| 00000090 8a 76 01 8a 4e 02 8a 6e 03 cd 13 66 61 73 1c fe |.v..N..n...fas..| 000000a0 4e 11 75 0c 80 7e 00 80 0f 84 8a 00 b2 80 eb 84 |N.u..~..........| 000000b0 55 32 e4 8a 56 00 cd 13 5d eb 9e 81 3e fe 7d 55 |U2..V...]...>.}U| 000000c0 aa 75 6e ff 76 00 e8 8d 00 75 17 fa b0 d1 e6 64 |.un.v....u.....d| 000000d0 e8 83 00 b0 df e6 60 e8 7c 00 b0 ff e6 64 e8 75 |......`.|....d.u| 000000e0 00 fb b8 00 bb cd 1a 66 23 c0 75 3b 66 81 fb 54 |.......f#.u;f..T| 000000f0 43 50 41 75 32 81 f9 02 01 72 2c 66 68 07 bb 00 |CPAu2....r,fh...| 00000100 00 66 68 00 02 00 00 66 68 08 00 00 00 66 53 66 |.fh....fh....fSf| 00000110 53 66 55 66 68 00 00 00 00 66 68 00 7c 00 00 66 |SfUfh....fh.|..f| 00000120 61 68 00 00 07 cd 1a 5a 32 f6 ea 00 7c 00 00 cd |ah.....Z2...|...| 00000130 18 a0 b7 07 eb 08 a0 b6 07 eb 03 a0 b5 07 32 e4 |..............2.| 00000140 05 00 07 8b f0 ac 3c 00 74 09 bb 07 00 b4 0e cd |......<.t.......| 00000150 10 eb f2 f4 eb fd 2b c9 e4 64 eb 00 24 02 e0 f8 |......+..d..$...| 00000160 24 02 c3 49 6e 76 61 6c 69 64 20 70 61 72 74 69 |$..Invalid parti| 00000170 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 62 6c 65 00 45 72 72 6f 72 |tion table.Error| 00000180 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 | loading operati| 00000190 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 00 4d 69 73 73 69 6e |ng system.Missin| 000001a0 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 |g operating syst| 000001b0 65 6d 00 00 00 63 7b 9a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |em...c{.........| 000001c0 02 00 ee ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 00 00 |................| 000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.| 00000200