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Old 02-Jul-2009, 13:46
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Default Re: Installing GRUB after removing HDD

I tried...

Broken Grub menu: boot to the menu, drop to a console and boot openSUSE direct

...and it seemed like it booted, but it didn't go to the GUI. It ended up asking me for linux login. I tried typing but couldn't. As a note, I have to add noacpi acpi=off to my boot menu to make the mouse and keyboard work.

I tried...

Reinstall Grub in the Master Boot Record and link it to the existing Grub menu in openSUSE

... and it caused the same error as the first time. Error 18: file not found. BIOS doesn't support booting from above such and such cylinder.

I tried...

Boot from the SuperGrub Disk: see Super Grub Disk Homepage

... and again got the same error as originally

I couldn't try the last option in your link because I could never boot into SUSE without that second hard drive connected. I assume if I choose MBR in YaST in my current configuration (with the sdb still attached) it will just put it in the MBR of sdb, which wouldn't get me anywhere.

I feel like I need to get GRUB installed at the beginning of my hard drive. Is there any way I can move that EISA partition at the beginning of the hard drive to that secondary hard drive in SUSE?
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