Dual boot problems on HP m9263 sc

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#1

I have a HP Pavillion Elite m9263 sc that comes with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed on which I’ve installed OpenSuse 11 to get a dual boot system. During the installation I accepted the suggested partioning.

After the install I have five boot options:

openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.2-1.1
Failsafe – openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.2-1.1
Windows 1
Windows 2
Windows 3

The two openSUSE boot options work, but I can no longer boot Windows Vista.

Selecting Windows1 gives the following:

*rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart*

Booting Windows2 gives:

rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,3)+1

And Windows3:

*rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart*

Any suggestions as to how I can get Windows Vista booting on this machine?

Thanks!

/Martin

#2

I found the answer in the thread After dual boot install vista no longer boots.

#3

If your vista is on the first partition of the first drive then change this:

rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

to this:

rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

as per martinstr’s advice.

Here’s the fuller picture: Fixing vista multiboot with openSUSE - openSUSE Forums

I’d be interested to know if it works (i.e. if I need to alter the sticky)