On 2011/07/06 13:25 (GMT+0100) Oliver Kullmann composed:
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 07:48:50AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
That means the tool from the list at http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/. "Boot management" seems a reasonable headline.
At http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm it doesn't mention Windows 7, and thus I guess it won't help?
That tool is for manipulating data on a Windows partition, which is not your current problem.
It says, "repair the Windows NT loader boot sector". Anyway, it was just a question.
Anyway, I burned it to DVD, but the laptop can not boot it:
"No bootable device --- insert boot disk and press any key"
OK, so you've proven you can burn an irrelevant iso that won't boot.
Why is ubcd503.iso irrelevant?
I took the "it" in "I burned it to DVD" to mean an iso from the immediately preceding URL you wrote. UBCD images don't burn to DVD.
Now burn one capable of booting and MBR manipulation. Everything that needs doing now goes into the first disk sector, not into any partitions, something doable by any of my upthread suggestions as well as the Ultimate Boot CD.
As I said, that "Ultimate Boot CD" does not boot. In the FAQ one finds some suggestions about perhaps not using RW-DVD. But I'm far outside of the city here, and have only DVDs.
Around here, even convenience stores have blank CDs. :-p
I have Windows 7 on my other laptop, but the opinions in the Internet on whether that can be used or not diverge. But I could create an installation DVD with that, and try what happens.
For rescue purposes I think any M$ installation media should suffice to fix the MBR, but since elsewhere it seems that EFI is the problem, you'd need a Vista or Win7 DVD, as WinXP doesn't know about EFI.
I have now basically given up on dual-boot, and the task would now be just to completely erase the harddisk, and just to install Suse on it. But since the Suse installation doesn't allow changing partitions, it seems not so easy to achieve.
I'm not sure a Vista or Win7 install media's rescue mode couldn't get you Windows 7 back if you wanted. Then you could use Win7 to create empty partitions for openSUSE's installer to use by simply formatting and mounting them instead of creating them too. openSUSE's Grub can be chainloaded to from the Win7 boot manager. ISTR openSUSE's installer is supposed to be competent to install and modify in an EFI context, but maybe you hit a bug or just answered a checkbox wrong to end up where you did. -- "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