[opensuse] Where does GRUB reside? (related to cannot boot from CD/DVD)
In trying to solve why I can no longer boot from the DVD drive I've come across something I find rather strange. In the BIOS I choose to boot from CDROM at first device and set the 2nd and 3rd devices to disable. Reboot the system and it stalls at the Boot from CDROM for a minute or so then the computer presents me the multiple choices of various linux system to run. I next disabled all the boot devices in the BIOS and the system presents me with the screen showing the different linux systems to run. I don't understand how grub is accessed by the bios since I disabled and the boot devices. (BTW my computer is over 5 years old and does not allow booting from a usb device.) Can anyone explain this behavior? Thanks Terry -- OpenSuSE 12.3 -- Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop --- 04:10PM --- Sun 02/22/15 There are 10 types of people, those who know binary and those who don't -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/22/2015 05:34 PM, jdd wrote:
I don't understand how grub is accessed by the bios since I disabled and the boot devices. probably boot the first device anyway...
jdd
But first device was specified as CDROM or disabled. Unless you mean the first HD partition which is /dev/sda1. -- OpenSuSE 12.3 -- Kernel 3.7.10-1.16-desktop --- 06:00PM --- Sun 02/22/15 There are 10 types of people, those who know binary and those who don't -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
But first device was specified as CDROM or disabled. Unless you mean the first HD partition which is
/dev/sda1.
yes, the default boot device is the first hard drive, the bios may bypass it's own setup :-( jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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