Hello,
After installing OpenSuse 11.2 from the installation DVD I cannot boot into the operating system. I get the Grub menu but when I select either the normal boot option or the failsafe boot option I am present with a screen that looks like it is about to start loading (the Grub text is displayed) but then there is a blinking cursor after this text.
The system then stays at this point and remains there until I restart it. The cycle then happens all over again.
Anything I can do to get the system to boot?
System Specifications:
Motherboard : Asus PP-DLW
oldcpu
April 10, 2010, 2:06am
2
Note being able to boot to failsafe is not good.
Can you boot to run level 3 ? Do that by pressing 3 when the grub menu appears, such that you see a 3 in the options line with a space between it and any other entry in front. Then do a normal boot. That should take you to a full screen text mode. Does that work ?
if it works, then you may be able to take advantage of the theory in post#1, and then especially #11 of the practical theory guide for graphic cards . openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums
No, the option 3 test did not work.
Here is what my screen looks like:
root (hd0,4)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/mapper/pdc_eahdfihhcb_part7 resume=/dev/mapper/pdc_eahdfihhcb_part6 splash=silent quiet
[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x3e3fc0]
initrd /initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop
[Linux-initrd @ 0x37971000, 0x67e7b3 bytes]
After this text there is a blinking cursor.
Anything else I can try?
Thanks.
Sure, I can re-install and check the installation media.
I just don’t believe that the installation media is a problem.
Wouldn’t I get an error message during the original installation?
Wouldn’t I get an error message during the original installation?
Often not.The problems can show up during or after install.
A media check is simple.
oldcpu
April 10, 2010, 12:12pm
7
You should not have to re-install to check the installation media.
OK, so I loaded the installation DVD into a virtual machine (Oracle’s VirtualBox) and ran the test.
This is what I got:
http://www.churchleadership.com/temp/NoErrors.png
I know. I just was responding to a prior post to say I would do the check and the reinstallation.
ckoeber:
Hello,
After installing OpenSuse 11.2 from the installation DVD I cannot boot into the operating system. I get the Grub menu but when I select either the normal boot option or the failsafe boot option I am present with a screen that looks like it is about to start loading (the Grub text is displayed) but then there is a blinking cursor after this text.
The system then stays at this point and remains there until I restart it. The cycle then happens all over again.
Anything I can do to get the system to boot?The live-DVD boots fine.
System Specifications:
Motherboard : Asus PP-DLW
Personally I would try re-installing, it’s sure quicker.
Live DVD? No such thing.
oldcpu
April 10, 2010, 9:48pm
11
OK, … I’m bad. … The order of the words in the sentence threw me … the original post was
Which read to me you planned to 1st re-install and only 2nd check the installation media.
My error for misreading.
OK, did the reinstall and checked the media. I am still stuck at the same place. The boot-up stops here:
root (hd0,4)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/mapper/pdc_eahdfihhcb_part7 resume=/dev/mapper/pdc_eahdfihhcb_part6 splash=silent quiet
[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3c00, size=0x3e3fc0]
initrd /initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop
[Linux-initrd @ 0x37971000, 0x67e7b3 bytes]
I would like to note that this system worked on Linux Mint 8 but I want to use openSuse
I also booted into the rescue part of the Boot DVD and checked the menu.lst file of the boot partition and redid the grub setup like this:
grub
root (hd0,4)
setup (hd0)
quit
rm /mnt/boot/grub/device.map
grub --device-map=/mnt/boot/grub/device.map
quit
However, I am still stuck.
Any ideas? Thank you for all of the help provided thus far.
I’d need to see
fdisk -l
and if possible the contents of
Parted Magic will get all that for youUsing Parted Magic an Introduction - openSUSE Forums
Here you go:
fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa922a922
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 60801 488384001 42 SFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa8c1a8c1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 60800 488375968+ 42 SFS
/dev/sdb2 60801 60801 8032+ 42 SFS
Disk /dev/sdc: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00075b83
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 36473 292969341 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdc5 1 9 72229+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdc6 10 271 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc7 272 2882 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdc8 2883 36473 269819676 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdd: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00075b83
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 36473 292969341 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdd5 1 9 72229+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdd6 10 271 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd7 272 2882 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdd8 2883 36473 269819676 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sde: 4176 MB, 4176478208 bytes
2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 64739 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 126 * 512 = 64512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00215f46
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 * 1 64740 4078560 b W95 FAT32
/etc/fstab:
/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part7 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part5 /boot ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part8 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
and lastly:
/boot/grub/menu.lst:
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Apr 12 08:21:31 EDT 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
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,4)/message
##YaST - activate
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part7 resume=/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part6 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/mapper/pdc_djbcgade_part7 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other###
title Linux other
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
rootnoverify (fd0)
chainloader +1
Let me know if you need anything else.
What is on sda and sdb?
Which HD is first in the boot order in BIOS?
The menu.lst is showing your Linux install sdc as hd0. Do you understand what that means?
caf4926:
What is on sda and sdb?
SDA and SDB are drives from a Windows 7 system that I am no longer using. I need the data from these drives.
The “Device Mapper” set of drives are set to boot first. This is confirmed as I am presented with the Grub menu that is installed on the “Device Mapper” set of drives. This is how the Linux is presenting my RAID 1 mirror.
Yes. I am guessing that since sdc is a RAID 1 array that I have set up to boot first in BIOS that Grub interprets that set of drives as (hd0). I tried setting it as (hd2) and I don’t even get the Grub menu.
As for sdc5, this is the /boot partition. I think the system set it up this way because an extended partition is used (I used the defauults from the installation program).
I don’t know enough about RAID to help. But I can tell you it’s nest of vipers. Good luck getting it working.
Is RAID a necessity for you?
I would like to get raid to work. I guess I though this was hardware RAID instead of it being software RAID. I didn’t do anything special; everything you see is pretty much default.
Thank you for all of your time and help. Anyone else have any insight?
I guess I might disable the RAID and see if it boots. If the system does boot then I’ll look at other backup options for the system.
RAID is not exactly a backup is it.
