On 02/15/2012 06:40 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 15/02/12 02:29, Billie Walsh wrote:
On 02/14/2012 04:59 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
So, could you please clarify what is installed and where it is installed? :-)
I've had as many as five hard drives in this thing at different times. This computer has four SATA, two IDE and a floppy connector on the mother board. The trick is to find places to put the drives. I just have to get creative.*<]:oD
BC
Ok. At the time of the original post I didn't think the exact layout was relevant. But here goes.
OK, so you started off with a TB HDD and an 80GB HDD.
You had Windows 7 installed on one partition of the 1TB drive and Kubuntu on the second (500GB) partition on the 1TB drive.
You also had Windows XP installed on the second, the 80GB, HDD.
You then installed openSUSE 12.1 on the second 80GB HDD and replaced Windows XP.
Correct so far, yes?
This second 80GB HDD how was it formatted? That is, was it the typical Windows configuration where the whole HDD is formatted as an Extension (and not Primary) and any partitions within it as logical drives?
When you installed oS and overwrote Windows XP on this 80GB drive what did the oS installation tell you it was going to do with regards to where it is going to put grub? In the mbr or the boot partition and on which HDD - the first or the second?
Old hard drive died, so according to conventional wisdom install Windows first. Use Windows to partition the hard drive into two 500gig partitions. [ I like to use Windows at this point because I figure Windows knows better how to move it's own stuff around to make the new partition. ]
Which is prudent: use Windows for Windows, but don't use Windows for other systems like Linux because Windows is brain-dead.
Installed Kubuntu on second partition. During install
I guess here you mean the installation of Kubuntu?
the *OLD* XP 80gig drive was still connected and Grub picked up all three operating systems. XP being redundant, I decided to replace it with openSUSE to test openSUSE. All the drives on the computer are now SATA, two hard drives and two DVD.
I don't mess with partitioning during OS installs. Just let the installation figure out how best to set up.
Well, if you were simply replacing XP on the second HDD then OK, no hassles.
Only thing is where did oS 12.1 decide to put grub? There is a warning, in red colour, about the placement of grub and that put in the wrong place the systems may not boot.
BC
Well, right now it's all kind of moot. Everything is borked except Windows. It's ok though because Windows is the OS that I need on this computer most. Kubuntu was there as a backup in case my main computer choked and openSUSE was for testing. -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org