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. # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Mar 29 07:59:00 EDT 2009 default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd3,0)/boot/message ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 11.1 root (hd3,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00A7B0_WD-WMASY0223768-part1 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1200JB-00GVA0_WD-WCALA1589923-part1 splash=silent showopts vga=0x348 initrd /boot/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### title Floppy rootnoverify (fd0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1 root (hd3,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00A7B0_WD-WMASY0223768-part1 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x348 initrd /boot/initrd