On 2011/08/02 06:21 (GMT+0800) george olson composed:
I now recall that this happened to me before, about 2 years ago, when I was trying to install a dual boot system. Windows erased the grub loader at the time, and whoever helped me get my system back had me do something in a terminal with adjusting the grub loader. It has something to do with the grub loader.
If you don't let your Linux installation get dependent on Grub living on the MBR, then reenabling Linux boot after installing Windows is a very very small and simple procedure. Just put Grub on the / partition instead of the MBR. Then when Windows reinstallation is again necessary, Windows won't destroy anything of consequence. Grub does not need to be on the MBR. What you experienced is normal and expected when it is put on the MBR of a multiboot system that later needs Windows installed or "repaired".
So anyone have any ideas? I need to get the new system I installed back,
You just installed, and already you have something there that needs saving? That's highly unusual.
and then I will be able to worry about fixing the video driver. I am right now making a live cd for kde and for gnome, to see if booting from either of those will help me get access to the hard drive and fix the master boot record, or something like that.
FDISK /MBR from a floppy boot will get your Windows back, if you haven't done anything to corrupt its installation partition. So will any number of other partitioning programs capable of writing _standard_ MBR code. At least one lives on a CD made from an iso from http://ultimatebootcd.com/. The openSUSE installation process saves the original MBR, which can be restored from a rescue boot if Windows is still on the HD in an uncorrupted state. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org