Reinstall Suse Bootloader into MBR

Need a little more help, that sort of worked. After saving the proposed config and rebooting, GRUB is back, but openSUSE 10.2 and Failsafe are both missing (yes I saw them listed after clicking 'propose new configuration'. A new entry is listed Kernel ..... something. How can I get the openSUSE and Failsafe entries to show up in GRUB? Thanks.

Need a little more help, that sort of worked. After saving the proposed config and rebooting, GRUB is back, but openSUSE 10.2 and Failsafe are both missing (yes I saw them listed after clicking 'propose new configuration'. A new entry is listed Kernel ..... something. How can I get the openSUSE and Failsafe entries to show up in GRUB? Thanks.
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Boot into OpenSuSE as described earlier , run the following commands in a console as su, post the results here;

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

fdisk -l

here's the output for the first command - cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Feb 4 00:28:27 PST 2007
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.2

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Vendor diagnostic###
title Vendor diagnostic
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.2

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: 2.6.18.2-34-default###
title 2.6.18.2-34-default
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default

the second command fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 784 6297448+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/hda2 * 785 7168 51279480 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3 7169 9729 20571232+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 7169 7360 1542208+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6 7361 8384 8225248+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 8385 9729 10803681 83 Linux

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: 2.6.18.2-34-default###
title 2.6.18.2-34-default
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default
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Backup /boot/grub/menu.lst, then delete the above entry, replacing it with these;

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.2
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/hda6 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default[/b]

Also, you can delete these;

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.2

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.2[/b]

Great, Thanks Harry! One small thing, I don't know what most of the code means during boot, so how can I change the string to put the first blue splash screen back? Thanks again!

By adding vga=0x317 to the kernel line in your 10.2 section in menu.lst, which we did in the menu.lst section I posted, it should boot in framebuffer mode at 1024x768x16 bit. Assuming that you monitor can handle that, you should see splash screens. Which one are you missing, the one that appears immediately after you select SuSE 10.2 from the grub boot menu?

After selecting the OS in GRUB, the first blue splash is the one. It's not a bright or shinny as the second one which does show up. Thanks. Oh I just re-read your post, this is on a laptop, so the resolution is 1280x800.

To change your framebuffer to something like 1280x800 append "vga=0x368" to your kerneloptions and remove vga=0x317

Ok, thanks again.

the fixmbr thing in system recovery also worked for me after deleted the ubuntu partition .