Hi All, Me again. When I boot the computer, I choose SuSE and the screen goes blank (normal) then it returns to the GRUB screen. Anyone know why it does this? It did this when I was installing SuSE. I gave up and went to bed that time. When I woke up the next morning I booted the comp and it booted up normally. I booted to the install disk and chose to boot to installed system and it worked fine. Rebooted and it did the same thing (looped back to GRUB). So I booted to the install disk again and chose to reinstall GRUB (neat feature that). Rebooted, and same thing (looped back to GRUB). Why would it do this? I didn't do anything this time, honest. Well actually I just finished burning the SuSE live eval CD and booting to it (took forever). Any ideas. Thanks Russ
On 12/30/2003 04:39 PM, Russ wrote:
I booted to the install disk and chose to boot to installed system and it worked fine. Rebooted and it did the same thing (looped back to GRUB). So I booted to the install disk again and chose to reinstall GRUB (neat feature that).
Reinstall GRUB? from an rpm, to an MBR, something else?
Rebooted, and same thing (looped back to GRUB).
Why would it do this?
IIUC, the initial GRUB screen is stage one, loaded in MBR. Then it goes to stage 2, accessing the boot files of the system it is booting. It sounds like it is failing in stage 2.
I didn't do anything this time, honest.
I would go to Yast's bootloader config program, recheck everything, and if it looks ok have it rewrite the MBR. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
OK, I booted to the SuSE install CD, chose instalation then chose to repair an installed installation. Then I chose auyo repair. It did tell me that GRUB was defunct so I told it to replace it. It di but sitll won't boot to SuSE. Any ideas how I can fix it short of a reinstall? Thanks Russ Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 12/30/2003 04:39 PM, Russ wrote:
I booted to the install disk and chose to boot to installed system and it worked fine. Rebooted and it did the same thing (looped back to GRUB). So I booted to the install disk again and chose to reinstall GRUB (neat feature that).
Reinstall GRUB? from an rpm, to an MBR, something else?
Rebooted, and same thing (looped back to GRUB).
Why would it do this?
IIUC, the initial GRUB screen is stage one, loaded in MBR. Then it goes to stage 2, accessing the boot files of the system it is booting. It sounds like it is failing in stage 2.
I didn't do anything this time, honest.
I would go to Yast's bootloader config program, recheck everything, and if it looks ok have it rewrite the MBR.
Responding to my own post. I think my problem may be bigger than I thought and not really SuSE related. I booted to the XP CD and did a fixmbr (thinking I could start from scratch with the repair feature in SuSE). I then rebooted and it did the same thing for XP. It shows the DELL logo then goes blank (normal), then I hear a click and the logo pops back up then I get a screen that says windows didn't start properly last time and I have a few choices (safe mode ...) so I choose Normal boot and it boots just fine. This is not good. Any ideas what is wrong? When GRUB is installed I have no problems booting to XP. Thanks Russ Russ wrote:
OK, I booted to the SuSE install CD, chose instalation then chose to repair an installed installation. Then I chose auyo repair. It did tell me that GRUB was defunct so I told it to replace it. It di but sitll won't boot to SuSE.
Any ideas how I can fix it short of a reinstall?
Thanks Russ
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 12/30/2003 04:39 PM, Russ wrote:
I booted to the install disk and chose to boot to installed system and it worked fine. Rebooted and it did the same thing (looped back to GRUB). So I booted to the install disk again and chose to reinstall GRUB (neat feature that).
Reinstall GRUB? from an rpm, to an MBR, something else?
Rebooted, and same thing (looped back to GRUB).
Why would it do this?
IIUC, the initial GRUB screen is stage one, loaded in MBR. Then it goes to stage 2, accessing the boot files of the system it is booting. It sounds like it is failing in stage 2.
I didn't do anything this time, honest.
I would go to Yast's bootloader config program, recheck everything, and if it looks ok have it rewrite the MBR.
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:21:19 -0800, Russ
I booted to the XP CD and did a fixmbr (thinking I could start from scratch with the repair feature in SuSE)
... i think with eXPensive, as with win2k, you have to run the other tool (IMSMC) 'fixboot' (?) i've had to do this with win2k machines (but not xp). could you boot with the CD#1 and show us the results of: # fdisk -l /dev/hd* (i'm coming into this thread a little late:) -- << http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >> Whistler's Law: You never know who is right, but you always know who is in charge.
Hi All, Major problems here. First off I will ask my question, then I will give an explanation. I need to know how to install GRUB to a diskette so I can boot my installed systems from that source. OK, here's my woes: Since I was having this stupid boot loop problem (even for XP) I figured maybe I had monkeyed with things too much and the mbr was goofed up. So I did a low level format using PawerMax. Then reinstalled everything from scratch the way I know I wanted it. Problems: #1 I still have that stupid boot loop problem (hence the floppy route) #2 My CD burner did not show up this time - but my DVD did just fine. I did add another FAT drive at the end of the first drive (1st drive XP/SuSE/Swap/FAT32 - 2nd drive FAT32/FAT32/FAT32). This shouldn't make a difference should it? I need to know how to get it back. #3 I have no internet now. Comcast just upgraded my cable modem from an RCA to a TERAYON. I personally do not see how this makes a difference but who knows. Knoppix 3.3 live CD still sees the net, so I don't see why SuSE doesn't. I definately need this fixed. Anyway, these problems can be dealt with one on one (in their own subject). This is just a heads up that I will be needing help on, but first things first. I need to be able to boot to SuSE first. Right now the only way to get there is to boot to the install CD and choosing "boot to installed version". Thanks Russ
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 00:13, Russ wrote:
Hi All,
Major problems here.
First off I will ask my question, then I will give an explanation.
I need to know how to install GRUB to a diskette so I can boot my installed systems from that source.
Recommend the following boot disk, has come in handy for me once or
twice.
http://www.toms.net/rb/
--
Scot L. Harris
Hi All, Me again, good news this time actually :-) I decided to set things up a little differently thinking maybe putting SuSE on the second half of a large drive was part of the culprit. Therefore, I put XP Home on the first drive with 2 small FAT32 partitions at the end. I then used the whole second drive for SuSE (80gig). #1 The boot loop appears (key word - appears) to be fixed now. Both XP and SuSE boot on the first go around. #2 Everything showed up this time (DVD, CD burner, NTFS drive and both FAT drives) #3 I have the internet Anyway, everything seems to be cool now. Now that I have installed these two OS's 100+ times, I think it's time to play :-) Thanks Russ
On Thu January 1 2004 12:13 am, Russ wrote:
Hi All,
Major problems here.
First off I will ask my question, then I will give an explanation.
I need to know how to install GRUB to a diskette so I can boot my installed systems from that source.
Making a grub boot floppy is a Good Thing... (tm) Check with www.linux-sxs.org and look for the grub documentation. If you can't find the steps for the grub boot floppy, let me know. (I wrote it) It may be a bit old... but the steps should be the same.
OK, here's my woes:
Since I was having this stupid boot loop problem (even for XP) I figured maybe I had monkeyed with things too much and the mbr was goofed up. So I did a low level format using PawerMax. Then reinstalled everything from scratch the way I know I wanted it.
Problems:
#1 I still have that stupid boot loop problem (hence the floppy route)
#2 My CD burner did not show up this time - but my DVD did just fine. I did add another FAT drive at the end of the first drive (1st drive XP/SuSE/Swap/FAT32 - 2nd drive FAT32/FAT32/FAT32). This shouldn't make a difference should it? I need to know how to get it back.
#3 I have no internet now. Comcast just upgraded my cable modem from an RCA to a TERAYON. I personally do not see how this makes a difference but who knows. Knoppix 3.3 live CD still sees the net, so I don't see why SuSE doesn't. I definately need this fixed.
Anyway, these problems can be dealt with one on one (in their own subject). This is just a heads up that I will be needing help on, but first things first. I need to be able to boot to SuSE first. Right now the only way to get there is to boot to the install CD and choosing "boot to installed version".
Thanks Russ
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Found it, thank you very much Russ Bruce Marshall wrote:
Making a grub boot floppy is a Good Thing... (tm)
Check with www.linux-sxs.org and look for the grub documentation. If you can't find the steps for the grub boot floppy, let me know. (I wrote it)
It may be a bit old... but the steps should be the same.
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