Hi,
I am running Dual Boot with Windows Vista 64bit and Suse Linux.
I have just restored my system using Paragon Hard Disk Manager and reinited grub afterwards. With this done, I am able to boot into Linux. I then edited /boot/grub/menu.lst adding
title Windows Vista
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloading +1
to the file as I found it. With this update, my menu.lst is as follows:
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Apr 9 14:51:52 EDT 2012
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,7)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
title Windows Vista
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloaded +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST31000528AS_9VP771VT-part8 repair=1 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST31000528AS_9VP771VT-part7 splash=silent showopts vga=0x31a
initrd /boot/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST31000528AS_9VP771VT-part8 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a
initrd /boot/initrd
When I execute fdisk -l, I see –
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0fff07e1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1959 15728640 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 1960 41155 314841870 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 41156 70294 234059017+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4 70295 79218 71682030 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 41156 54171 104550988+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 54172 60477 50652913+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 60478 60739 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 60740 61841 8851783+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 61842 70294 67898691 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.2 GB, 1500299395072 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000fda12
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 182402 1465136096 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdd: 2047 MB, 2047681024 bytes
64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 991 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 = 2064384 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 991 1997733+ 6 FAT16
With this in place, I boot and come up to the green screen, where it lists my option as Windows Vista, Suse, and Failsafe. Again, if I chose Suse, everything is ok; however, if I select Windows, I see a black and white version of my boot menu within a window and, if I chose Windows, the system hangs.
Thanks in advance for any help on this matter,
s660117