Op 26-08-15 om 14:41 schreef Carlos E. R.:
If you can not tell the BIOS to boot from sdb (not sdb1, that goes later), then you have to boot from sda. I think that in that case you need a /boot partition in sda, containing grub, and which then load sdb (either the kernel or another grub).
Carlos, I'm sure OS 12.3 could boot from sdb1. And sda1 is/was swap. Actually sda is completely untouched by the new install. If only I could tell the MBR to look for another UUID. I'm using this to try to get grub rescue to boot the new os : https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/776643-how-to-rescue-a-non-booting-gru... Unfortunately when I get to 'insmod normal' I get an error : symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found 'insmod linux' gives the same. And then the 'linux' command is unknown, so I'm stuck. Koenraad -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org