Re: [Fwd: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1 Boot Loader Problem]

Stephen P. Molnar napsal(a):

After sendint the forwarede message I stumblen on a way to boot to my configured the way I like it OpenSUSE 10.3 installation. Because I installed 11.1 on a new HD in the system, my 10.3 system is still there in its original partition.

So the sequence is:

Installation/Repair/Expert/Boot Installed Systems/Boot (select OpenSUSE 103)

and there is my fully configured, the way I like it, 10.3 user desktop.

This works with the 11.1 Installer, not the 10.3 installer, but is some what cumbersome.

But the boot from the HD is still hanging in GRUB.

I have attached the 10.3 menu.lst to this message

Thansk in advance for any solutions to this problem.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1 Boot Loader Problem Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:38:26 -0400 From: Stephen P. Molnar To: Central OH Linux User Group , openSUSE Mailing List

For reasons that I needn't go into I found it necessary to upgrade my Linux system to OpenSUSE 11.1 form 10.3 (I was intending to wait for 11.2, but that's a different story)

I installed 111.1 on a new 500GB SATA HD without any complaints or problems, until I rebooted the system without the installation DVD in it's drive. Everything is well until I get to:

GRUB loading stage 1.5

When the boot hangs on:

GRUB loading, please wait . . .

In this case the ellipses represent a time of infinity.

OK. What I gon' to do? Well, boot the installation DVD and run Repair System. The first two methods on that page were unsuccessful. I tried Expert Tools and it told me that it succeeded. And, indeed it did as long as I selected Repair Tools/Boot installed system from the pull down menu at the bottom of the Expert Tools page. When I boot from the HD (no installation DVD in drive) it still hangs

So I can boot 11.1, albeit it rather clumsily. I managed to copy the Grub menu list to my windows machine (from which this pleas for help is being dispatched. It's attached.

I am strictly a user and GRUB is an arcane mystery to me. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Please post also /etc/grub.conf and /boot/grub/device.map . Maybe you have old grub code in MBR and that code looks to bad place for menu.lst. JR -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org