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Hello There :slight_smile:

I have just installed openSuse 11.1 on my HP nc6000. It had windows XP on it. (i am a newcomer) After successful install I looked the system over and then turned it off, it would not reboot. I thought it over for a while and then re-installed deleting my Windows. After successful install when I turned it off it would not reboot. I looked over the install DVD and ran it where it says repair “Boot”, that found a problem and repaired it but still will not boot. When a boot is attempted a HP screen comes up and says “system missing”. I have tried starting and pressing all of the F keys, at F10 there is a DOS screen that comes up and doesn’t seem to function. Any ideas ?
Nonni

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If you have the LiveCD, boot it, open a terminal, and do:

su -
fdisk -lu

And post back the output here using copy/paste from the terminal to the browser.

If you used the DVD, boot it into Rescue System, login as root, and do the above. Post back the output here.

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Hi, this is what I found

Unable to open lu
linux:~ # fdisk -lu

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders, total 78140160 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xbb9ebb9e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 1542239 771088+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 * 1542240 32322779 15390270 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 32322780 78140159 22908690 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000 MB, 1000341504 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3816 cylinders, total 1953792 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 32 1953791 976880 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
linux:~ #

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Boot the LiveCD, open a terminal, and post the output of the following back here (please type very carefully):

su -
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt
cat /mnt/etc/grub.conf
cat /mnt/boot/menu.lst
dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr bs=512 count=1
xxd mbr
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Thanks,
I do have openSuse installed from the DVD, but could not log in even though I have the correct password, I also have the liveCD and have booted in with that, this is what I found :slight_smile:

inux@linux:~> su -
linux:~ # mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt
linux:~ # cat /mnt/etc/grub.conf
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,1) (hd0,1)
quit
linux:~ # cat /mnt/boot/menu.lst
cat: /mnt/boot/menu.lst: No such file or directory
linux:~ # dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr bs=512 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.01966 s, 26.0 kB/s
linux:~ # xxd mbr
0000000: 33c0 8ed0 bc00 7cfb 5007 501f fcbe 1b7c 3…|.P.P…|
0000010: bf1b 0650 57b9 e501 f3a4 cbbe be07 b104 …PW…
0000020: 382c 7c09 7515 83c6 10e2 f5cd 188b 148b 8,|.u…
0000030: ee83 c610 4974 1638 2c74 f6be 1007 4eac …It.8,t…N.
0000040: 3c00 74fa bb07 00b4 0ecd 10eb f289 4625 <.t…F%
0000050: 968a 4604 b406 3c0e 7411 b40b 3c0c 7405 …F…<.t…<.t.
0000060: 3ac4 752b 40c6 4625 0675 24bb aa55 50b4 :.u+@.F%.u$…UP.
0000070: 41cd 1358 7216 81fb 55aa 7510 f6c1 0174 A…Xr…U.u…t
0000080: 0b8a e088 5624 c706 a106 eb1e 8866 04bf …V$…f…
0000090: 0a00 b801 028b dc33 c983 ff05 7f03 8b4e …3…N
00000a0: 2503 4e02 cd13 7229 be46 0781 3efe 7d55 %.N…r).F…>.}U
00000b0: aa74 5a83 ef05 7fda 85f6 7583 be27 07eb .tZ…u…’…
00000c0: 8a98 9152 9903 4608 1356 0ae8 1200 5aeb …R…F…V…Z.
00000d0: d54f 74e4 33c0 cd13 ebb8 0000 0000 0000 .Ot.3…
00000e0: 5633 f656 5652 5006 5351 be10 0056 8bf4 V3.VVRP.SQ…V…
00000f0: 5052 b800 428a 5624 cd13 5a58 8d64 1072 PR…B.V$…ZX.d.r
0000100: 0a40 7501 4280 c702 e2f7 f85e c3eb 7449 .@u.B…^…tI
0000110: 6e76 616c 6964 2070 6172 7469 7469 6f6e nvalid partition
0000120: 2074 6162 6c65 0045 7272 6f72 206c 6f61 table.Error loa
0000130: 6469 6e67 206f 7065 7261 7469 6e67 2073 ding operating s
0000140: 7973 7465 6d00 4d69 7373 696e 6720 6f70 ystem.Missing op
0000150: 6572 6174 696e 6720 7379 7374 656d 0000 erating system…
0000160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 …
0000170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 …
0000180: 0000 008b fc1e 578b f5cb 0000 0000 0000 …W…
0000190: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 …
00001a0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 …
00001b0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 9ebb 9ebb 0000 0001 …
00001c0: 0100 82fe 3f5f 3f00 0000 2188 1700 8000 …?_?..!..
00001d0: 0160 83fe ffff 6088 1700 7cac d501 00fe .....…|…
00001e0: ffff 83fe ffff dc34 ed01 241e bb02 0000 …4…$…
00001f0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 55aa …U.
linux:~ #

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I do have openSuse installed from the DVD, but could not log in even though I have the correct password,

How can you get to the login if the machine will not boot? Or was this before you tried to fix it? Please explain.

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Hello There, sorry to confuse :slight_smile:
I was following your earlier instructions where you said that if I used the DVD, boot it into Rescue System and log on, it would not allow me to log on. I also have the liveCD, booted in with that and followed your instructions with the terminal code. I have been careful not to fiddle with the computer so that the error code will still be the same :slight_smile:

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OK, thanks for explaining that. We can fix the problems from the LiveCD or DVD, but actually it will probably be easier and faster for you to just re-install. During the install, make sure the partition step re-uses the current partitions or even better, deletes the current partitions and creates new ones. At the boot loader step, make sure the summary says that it is installing either grub or generic boot code to the MBR. Then at the Online Updates step, be sure to take that option and do the updates. Then, very first thing to do once the system has started for the first time, is go to YaST/Software/Online Updates and make sure all the updates have been done (in particular, look for updates named “parted” and “perl-bootloader” - your problem is because you needed these two patches). That should take care of everything.