Dave Barton wrote:
I have just upgraded a PC for a colleague, who, after much badgering and encouragement, conceded to have a dual boot install of OpenSUSE 10.3 on a second drive. Installed XP Pro on hd0, no problem. Created a FAT32 partition on hd1 using 50% of the disk capacity, leaving remainder unallocated for Linux partitions. Booted to the 10.3 installation DVD and the install to hd1, including on-line updates, went perfectly, until the first reboot, where I get:
GRUB Loading stage1.5 Grub loading, please wait... Error 21
At which point everything grinds to a standstill.
Restart from the installation DVD and finalize the installation via the "Other Options -> Boot Installed System" option. Then I can log in to a fully operational KDE desktop, where everything appears to be working perfectly.
The GRUB files read:
/boot/grub/device.map
(fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb
/boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Jan 18 08:55:09 EST 2008 default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd1,5)/boot/message
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.3 root (hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250824A_5ND3YLCZ-part6 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sdb5 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows### title Windows rootnoverify (hd1,5) chainloader (hd0,0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### title Floppy rootnoverify (hd1,5) chainloader (fd0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 root (hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250824A_5ND3YLCZ-part6 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
/etc/grun.conf setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd1,5) quit
Have checked the BIOS and hardware jumpers are set correctly.
I have never experienced any GRUB issues with any previous installs, consequently I have not had reason to educate myself about GRUB configuration. I have unsuccessfully searched for and tried a few Googled suggestions. I need to get this machine back to my colleague soon and I would hate to hand it back as a Windows only box.
Can any of you folks here help me out with this?
TIA
Dave
Dave, Do you have a BIOS setting that allows you to set your second hard drive a "bootable" as well. I know you said you checked the BIOS, but it would be worth another look to see if that setting is present. I have a Gigabyte board that requires the drives to be specifically set as bootable to be able to boot from those drives. -- 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