On Thu, 05 May 2011 11:03:40 -0400
"Michael S. Dunsavage"
I'm now trying to get this BOOTMGR back using a Windows Repair Disc that I created earlier, but something must have gotten screwed up royally here. It can't be right that one does a new installation of openSUSE only to end up with a non-bootable Windows system? Seems like it would make any newbie run away screaming.
Back in December I installed 11.3 just fine on my laptop. Each OS booted and appeared to be happy. There was a problem, though, which eventually surfaced: erratic and intermittent mouse and panning behavior using the then-curret nVidia driver. I struggled with this on and off trying various settings until, in March, I bit the bullet, backed up my stuff, wiped the partitions and installed 11.4 from scratch. Oh, I also pulled out a slip of paper with some simple instructions 'just in case' as I'd read here on the list that the automated bootloader installation might be 'iffy' in certain situations (they're just scripts, you know.) Good thing! Here's what that little slip of paper said: - - - - - 8< - - - - - boot dvd into rescue mode # grub # find /boot/grub/menu.lst [say it returns '(HD0,4)'] # root (HD0,4) # setup (HD0] # quit # reboot - - - - - 8< - - - - - 11.4 rescue mode doesn't like to 'reboot' it just drops to init 0 and stays there with no processes running. At least you can safely manually eject the DVD before physically shutting it down with the power switch. I'd bet money you'll have a lot better luck doing this than trying to 'fix' things with a <burst of suppressed laughter> M$ emergency boot disk. :-) hth & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org