[opensuse] openSUSE 11 Beta2 on T42p = no boot
Just went through the installation here - the installer looks really nice. Unfortunately, after the installation finishes, the result is a simple black screen (no splash or kernel loading happens at all) with the error "Error loading operating system". This is a standard T42p system. I restarted and ran the rescue system, and it didn't detect any significant errors (some of the thinkpad utility packages weren't installed). I told it to fix the boot loader, and that failed, so I tried manually fixing the boot loader. The failure I received was first in running mkinitrd - the filesystems needed weren't mounted by the rescue system (I have swap as /dev/sda1, / as /dev/sda2, and /home as /dev/sda3 - same as my 10.3 system, which is also a T42p). I mounted /dev/sda2 under /media/floppy (since it existed), chrooted to /media/floppy and mounted sysfs and procfs. Ran mkinitrd, and that ran fine then. I also then ran grub-install and it seemed to run OK, but after a reboot, that still hasn't resolved the issue. When given to me, the system had a Windows installation on it (not sure which, XP is most likely - I didn't boot it to find out), but I've wiped that out. I've also tried forcing installation (with grub-install) to the MBR of /dev/sda and that didn't work either. I'm kinda at a loss now as to how to proceed. Anyone have any suggestions? Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 15 May 2008 21:42:37 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
Just went through the installation here - the installer looks really nice. Unfortunately, after the installation finishes, the result is a simple black screen (no splash or kernel loading happens at all) with the error "Error loading operating system".
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Just tried 10.3 on the system as well - and it did the exact same thing. Guess it's not an 11 issue, probably something to do with the MBR from Windows. Time to wipe the drive and try again. Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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