Dual boot error after

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#1

Hi every body,

I have a Toshiba A500 laptop and Windows 7 installed on it, I just downloaded openSUSE 11.3 and installed it, the installation went ok, openSUSE started very well but when I choose Window 7 from the GRUB boot menu the following error appears :

BOOTMBR is missing
Press Alt+Ctrl+Del to restart

I don’t know what is wrong with it.
Note : I used the partitioning plan provided by openSUSE setup
I have a 320GB HDD partitions as shown on linux are :
/dev/sda 298.09 GB FUJITSU
/dev/sda1 400.00 MB unknown
/dev/sda2 80.00 GB HPFS/NTFS Windows /windows/C
/dev/sda3 217.69 GB Extended
/dev/sda5 8.01 GB Hidden HPFS/NTFS Recovery /windows/D
/dev/sda6 159.67 GB HPFS/NTFS My Data /windows/E
/dev/sda7 2.01 GB Linux Swap Swap swap
/dev/sda8 19.33 GB Linux native /
/dev/sda9 28.68 GB Linux native /home

any way to fix the Dual boot without reinstalling any of the OS’s

Thanks

#2

Please open a terminal and become su - (here is how just in case)
Become su in Terminal - HowTo

In there paste this (use your mouse)

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

paste the result here

I also need this - just to be sure:

fdisk -l

paste the result of that too

Tell me if you use Gnome or KDE

#3

here are the result :

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Sep 23 12:39:49 EEST 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 (hd0,7)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop – openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MJA2320BH_G2_K935T9C2C1NJ-part8 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MJA2320BH_G2_K935T9C2C1NJ-part7 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-FUJITSU_MJA2320BH_G2_K935T9C2C1NJ-part8 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 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: 0x72afd7ab

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 52 409600 27 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 52 10495 83886080 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 10496 38913 228267585 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 10496 11540 8393931 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 11541 32384 167429398+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 32385 32646 2104320 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 32647 35169 20264960 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 35170 38913 30071808 83 Linux

I’m using KDE.

thanks caf4926 :slight_smile:

#4

See this entry:

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd0,1)
    chainloader +1

Let’s try changing it to this

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

To do this, open a terminal and paste this in

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

enter your password when requested and edit the part shown. All I actually changed was this bit (hd0,1) to (hd0,0)

Save the change. Close everything and reboot. Try windows now

#5

thanks caf4926
Works as a charm :smiley:

but could u explain what was the problem for me :slight_smile:

Thanks again

#6

The installer pointed to (hd0,1) which is the windows install on sda2 but missed the fact that sda1 (hd0,0) is actually a boot partition where the windows boot code is. Often this boot code is on the windows install, but particularly now with win7 we see a boot partition.

Well done on the edit
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#7

thanks caf4926
Works as a charm :smiley:

but could u explain what was the problem for me :slight_smile:

Thanks again