On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:33 AM, L. V. Lammert
I built an 11.1 system a few weeks ago, .. originally installing 11.1 into physical partition 1, using it as an extended partition of 50GB [the system will eventually be multi-boot].
Yesterday I created physical partition 2 & 3 [both ext3], but that has killed the boot record! The partition table shows [with a System Rescue CD] all three partitions correctly, .. and /dev/sda1 is still flagged bootable.
Does 11.1 have a problem with a disk configuration like this? Why would creating a new partition kill the MBR? I tried booting 'Repair Installation' on the 11.1 CD, and gave up loading an Install Kernel with six parts - I stopped it after 10 minutes only got to part 2.
Any suggestions would be appreciated, ..
Lee
Somehow your description seems wrong. Very wrong, but maybe it is a terminology question. partitions sda1-sda4 can be primary or extended. If they are extended, then you create sub-volumes within the extended partition. (sda5+). So if /dev/sda1 is an extended partition, it should have as a minimum /dev/sda5 created within it. And I don't think /dev/sda1 should be marked bootable. (Not sure about that). Nor should if have a filesystem etc. Once you create it as extended, it just becomes a container for the actual sub-volumes. I like to create a very small primary partition for /boot. That is where the grub stuff lives. Then have it reference the other bootable partitions (primary or extended sub-volumes). Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org