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I posted here a couple of weeks ago about dual booting 11.1 and Windows 7. I am still unable to boot into the Win7 partition from grub. I have googled extensively with no success. The faq on the Grub site is way outdated and still discusses issues with RH7 and using drives larger than 8G. Has anyone had success dual booting openSUSE 11.1 and Windows 7. If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? I have set up SuSE machines to dual boot into Windows since SuSE 6.1 and Windows 95 but am stumped on this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39:42 am Dave wrote:
I posted here a couple of weeks ago about dual booting 11.1 and Windows 7. I am still unable to boot into the Win7 partition from grub. I have googled extensively with no success. The faq on the Grub site is way outdated and still discusses issues with RH7 and using drives larger than 8G. Has anyone had success dual booting openSUSE 11.1 and Windows 7. If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? I have set up SuSE machines to dual boot into Windows since SuSE 6.1 and Windows 95 but am stumped on this one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
You got couple of answers: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg03415.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg03484.html Reading previous posts: ***
Voyager:/home/dave # mount -t ntfs /dev/sdd1 /windows/C Unexpected clusters per mft record (-1). Failed to mount 'dev/sdd1': Invalid arguement
You can copy console output, it saves typing and typos /dev/sdd1 and arguement. Just highlight text as any other, go to email client, position cursor where you want to copy text and press middle button (scroll wheel, or both left and right button at the same time), and your console text will appear in email. According to the few posts in the Internet, your Windows partition is damaged. It happened after boot loader was installed in MBR, so try to fix it using rescue console on Windows 7 disk. I guess that command is 'fixmbr' or 'fixboot', and then reinstall GRUB. If it happens the same problem again please file bug report. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Success! The boot sector was reported as corrupted by the Windows 7 repair utilities. Windows 7 repaired the boot sector and rebooted. I expected to go right back into windows after the reboot but instead got a pleasant surprise and was back at the grub boot menu. I selected Windows, grub took me to the Windows partition, and Windows booted without problems. I am now back in SUSE via grub and would like to thank everyone for all of their assistance. With the assistance of this mailing list I have been able to resolve every issue that came up in 11.1 and now have a system that is the best available anywhere. Since the Windows 7 boot sector was corrupted during the install of grub should I report this as a bug? After installing Win7 I was able to boot successfully into Win7 until I installed grub. Thanks again, Dave ----- Original Message ----
From: Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> To: opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:27:10 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] dual boot issues
On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39:42 am Dave wrote:
I posted here a couple of weeks ago about dual booting 11.1 and Windows 7. I am still unable to boot into the Win7 partition from grub. I have googled extensively with no success. The faq on the Grub site is way outdated and still discusses issues with RH7 and using drives larger than 8G. Has anyone had success dual booting openSUSE 11.1 and Windows 7. If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? I have set up SuSE machines to dual boot into Windows since SuSE 6.1 and Windows 95 but am stumped on this one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
You got couple of answers: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg03415.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg03484.html
Reading previous posts: ***
Voyager:/home/dave # mount -t ntfs /dev/sdd1 /windows/C Unexpected clusters per mft record (-1). Failed to mount 'dev/sdd1': Invalid arguement
You can copy console output, it saves typing and typos /dev/sdd1 and arguement. Just highlight text as any other, go to email client, position cursor where you want to copy text and press middle button (scroll wheel, or both left and right button at the same time), and your console text will appear in email.
According to the few posts in the Internet, your Windows partition is damaged. It happened after boot loader was installed in MBR, so try to fix it using rescue console on Windows 7 disk. I guess that command is 'fixmbr' or 'fixboot', and then reinstall GRUB.
If it happens the same problem again please file bug report.
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On Monday 26 January 2009 10:30:01 am Dave wrote:
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On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39:42 am Dave wrote:
I posted here a couple of weeks ago about dual booting 11.1 and Windows 7. I am still unable to boot into the Win7 partition from grub. I have googled extensively with no success. The faq on the Grub site is way outdated and still discusses issues with RH7 and using drives larger than 8G. Has anyone had success dual booting openSUSE 11.1 and Windows 7. If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? I have set up SuSE machines to dual boot into Windows since SuSE 6.1 and Windows 95 but am stumped on this one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
You got couple of answers: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg03415.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2009-01/msg03484.html ... According to the few posts in the Internet, your Windows partition is damaged. It happened after boot loader was installed in MBR, so try to fix it using rescue console on Windows 7 disk. I guess that command is 'fixmbr' or 'fixboot', and then reinstall GRUB.
If it happens the same problem again please file bug report.
Success!
The boot sector was reported as corrupted by the Windows 7 repair utilities. Windows 7 repaired the boot sector and rebooted. I expected to go right back into windows after the reboot but instead got a pleasant surprise and was back at the grub boot menu. I selected Windows, grub took me to the Windows partition, and Windows booted without problems. I am now back in SUSE via grub and would like to thank everyone for all of their assistance. With the assistance of this mailing list I have been able to resolve every issue that came up in 11.1 and now have a system that is the best available anywhere.
Since the Windows 7 boot sector was corrupted during the install of grub should I report this as a bug? After installing Win7 I was able to boot successfully into Win7 until I installed grub.
Thanks again,
Dave
Good. Specially part of not overwriting existing MBR. You should file bug report, even if you are not ready to play with installation and repair process, it will bring the issue to developers attention. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39, Dave wrote:
If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? What happens... symptoms please?
I have my daughters ACER laptop dual booting between wishta and opensuse 10.3/ I had an interesting problem that I've never encountered... the first few times that wishta started it gave me a black screen and fatal startup errors... like it could tell that something was very wrong with the MBR and wasn't happy about it. On about the fourth bootup wishta began working "as normally as you might expect it too... it sucks..." and the dual boot has worked since---very strange behavior. I am wondering if they have finally rigged W7 so that dual boot will be a royal pain./ (sour grapes stuff?) ... just guessing of course. I don't plan running W7... and wouldn't even have wishta if it hadn't come preloaded on my daughter's ACER... we will probably drop it... it can't really do anything and I'm not about to buy any windows software! -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Wednesday 28 January 2009 01:41:36 am M Harris wrote:
On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39, Dave wrote:
If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out?
What happens... symptoms please?
I have my daughters ACER laptop dual booting between wishta and opensuse 10.3/ I had an interesting problem that I've never encountered... the first few times that wishta started it gave me a black screen and fatal startup errors... like it could tell that something was very wrong with the MBR and wasn't happy about it. On about the fourth bootup wishta began working "as normally as you might expect it too... it sucks..." and the dual boot has worked since---very strange behavior. I am wondering if they have finally rigged W7 so that dual boot will be a royal pain./ (sour grapes stuff?) ... just guessing of course. I don't plan running W7... and wouldn't even have wishta if it hadn't come preloaded on my daughter's ACER... we will probably drop it... it can't really do anything and I'm not about to buy any windows software!
The issue is actually solved. Windows 7 repaired boot sector without wiping out GRUB in MBR. I looked in bugzilla, there is no bug report from Dave, but there are another interesting: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445900 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461613 -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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M Harris wrote:
On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39, Dave wrote:
If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? What happens... symptoms please?
I have my daughters ACER laptop dual booting between wishta and opensuse 10.3/ I had an interesting problem that I've never encountered... the first few times that wishta started it gave me a black screen and fatal startup errors... like it could tell that something was very wrong with the MBR and wasn't happy about it. On about the fourth bootup wishta began working "as normally as you might expect it too... it sucks..." and the dual boot has worked since---very strange behavior. I am wondering if they have finally rigged W7 so that dual boot will be a royal pain./ (sour grapes stuff?) ... just guessing of course. I don't plan running W7... and wouldn't even have wishta if it hadn't come preloaded on my daughter's ACER... we will probably drop it... it can't really do anything and I'm not about to buy any windows software!
An alternative maybe to install VirtualBox and install Vista on it. That eliminates the dual boot issues. I have openSUSE 11.1 with Virtualbox running XP. The only reason I keep XP is for TurboTax, it won't run under wine or codeweaver crossover pro. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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-----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:news@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of upscope Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:11 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse] Re: dual boot issues M Harris wrote:
On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39, Dave wrote:
If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out? What happens... symptoms please?
I have my daughters ACER laptop dual booting between wishta and opensuse 10.3/ I had an interesting problem that I've never encountered... the first few times that wishta started it gave me a black screen and fatal startup errors... like it could tell that something was very wrong with the MBR and wasn't happy about it. On about the fourth bootup wishta began working "as normally as you might expect it too... it sucks..." and the dual boot has worked since---very strange behavior. I am wondering if they have finally rigged W7 so that dual boot will be a royal pain./ (sour grapes stuff?) ... just guessing of course. I don't plan running W7... and wouldn't even have wishta if it hadn't come preloaded on my daughter's ACER... we will probably drop it... it can't really do anything and I'm not about to buy any windows software!
An alternative maybe to install VirtualBox and install Vista on it. That eliminates the dual boot issues. I have openSUSE 11.1 with Virtualbox running XP. The only reason I keep XP is for TurboTax, it won't run under wine or codeweaver crossover pro.
I'm dual-booting Win7 and OpenSuse 11.1 just fine, each on its own primary partition. Since Win7 obliterates the master boot record, I installed it first =) Do it the other way round, and I think you have to boot from the Suse DVD and restore GRUB. -Adam -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On Thursday 29 January 2009 07:07:59 pm Adam Sailer wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:news@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of upscope Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:11 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse] Re: dual boot issues
M Harris wrote:
On Sunday 25 January 2009 07:39, Dave wrote:
If not, would anyone be interested in helping me figure this one out?
What happens... symptoms please?
I have my daughters ACER laptop dual booting between wishta and
opensuse
10.3/ I had an interesting problem that I've never encountered... the first few times that wishta started it gave me a black screen and fatal startup errors... like it could tell that something was very wrong with the MBR and wasn't happy about it. On about the fourth bootup wishta
began
working "as normally as you might expect it too... it sucks..." and the dual boot has worked since---very strange behavior. I am wondering if they have finally rigged W7 so that dual boot will be a royal pain./ (sour grapes stuff?) ... just guessing of course. I don't plan running W7... and wouldn't even have wishta if it hadn't come preloaded on my daughter's ACER... we will probably drop it... it can't really do anything and I'm not about to buy any windows software!
An alternative maybe to install VirtualBox and install Vista on it. That eliminates the dual boot issues.
I have openSUSE 11.1 with Virtualbox running XP. The only reason I keep XP is for TurboTax, it won't run under wine or codeweaver crossover pro.
I'm dual-booting Win7 and OpenSuse 11.1 just fine, each on its own primary partition.
Since Win7 obliterates the master boot record, I installed it first =)
Do it the other way round, and I think you have to boot from the Suse DVD and restore GRUB.
-Adam
It would be interesting to see how it works. I posted 2 bugs [1] that might spoil experience even if it is used common way to install openSUSE after Win 7 installation. [1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445900 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461613 -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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On 2009/01/29 17:07 (GMT-0800) Adam Sailer composed:
I'm dual-booting Win7 and OpenSuse 11.1 just fine, each on its own primary partition.
Since Win7 obliterates the master boot record, I installed it first =)
Do it the other way round, and I think you have to boot from the Suse DVD and restore GRUB.
Or don't mindlessly put Grub on the MBR in the first place. Most of the time there's a primary partition for Linux, no need for Grub on the MBR. http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub#How_does_a_PC_boot_.2F_How_can_I_set_up_a_w... http://fm.no-ip.com/install-doz-after.html -- "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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