sorry, i should have mentioned both of those things but i forgot.
there are no other OSes.
here is the fdisk output:
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa730e7dd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 262 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 262 2127 14972928 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 2127 4866 22004736 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 1027 MB, 1027604480 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 980 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x86304a82
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 695 711680 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 696 980 291840 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc1: 728 MB, 728760320 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 695 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x86304a82
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1p1 * 1 695 711680 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc1p2 696 980 291840 83 Linux
i’m thinking it could also be a grub problem, so here is my grub menu:
Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Jul 17 14:48:56 PDT 2010
THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.3
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LAGKSEC-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LAGKSEC-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop
###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other###
title Linux other
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
rootnoverify (fd0)
chainloader +1
###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.3
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LAGKSEC-part2 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x31a
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop
device map:
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LAGKSEC
(hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/usb-PNY_USB_2.0_FD_6E54060019A7-0:0
grub.conf:
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,1) (hd0,1)
quit