adding window7 boot to opensuse 11.1

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#1

I am newbie to linux so please understand.

My boot loader was overwritten by windows 7. so I inserted the boot cd and repaired the boot using YAST. now I am able to login to suse but when I select windows it says bootmgr missing.

I read thru some of the board and added the following lines to menu.1st:
###Windows 7
title Windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

linux-d8a4:~ # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x252b252a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6528 52428800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 6528 13055 52428800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 13055 37347 195128320 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 * 37348 38913 12578895 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 37348 37609 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 37610 38262 5245191 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 38263 38913 5229126 83 Linux
linux-d8a4:~ #

I have boot from root partition selected in the boot laoder installation tab.

please help.

#2

Try changing as shown in red above. That is assuming sda3 is the actual w7 partition.

you know how to edit it ?

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst
or
gnomesu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

done from a user terminal, enter password when requested

#3

fixed now. basically edited menu.1st from rootnoverify (hd0,1) to rootnoverify (hd0,0).

#4

That’s some cRappie boot partition isn’t it:P

#5

Yep! The computer makers (at least laptop) are now using that hidden partition to store the repair/restore image so they don’t have to send a physical dvd. Waste of usable drive space IMHO.