Hello I am using opensuse 11 and I installed a kernal update today 28 Oct. and upon rebooting I select open suse on /dev/sda5 but I get Error 15: File not found
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I have 2 other distros installed and that is how I am typing this now. Ubunto and Fedora are the other distros.
I do not know what the numbers of the new kernal are, for example 2.16 etc. and I do not know how to edit menu.lst. from within Ubunto or Fedora.
I am a complete beginner, please help me!
Thank you.
With boot loader do use Ubuntu Fedora or opensuse
dobby9
Hello when my PC starts I get a black screen and the main distro is Ubunto but i scroll down all the time and select opensuse.
Update: From within the Fedora distro I can see the other 2 distro files mounted. I open the opensuse file and see the menu.lst file but it has a cross and i can’t edit this file from a GUI perspective.
This is how my partitioning looks like:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 2874 4148 10240000 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 * 13417 21202 62541045 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 13418 16028 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 16029 18770 22025083+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 18771 21202 19535008+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 8011 MB, 8011120640 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30560 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003a3e8
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 30560 7823344 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
The file menu.lst has restricted permissions. You can only edit it as root. Try that in Fedora. Fedora has some extra complications associated with Security Enhanced linux. If it still won’t allow to edit as root, do it from Ubuntu.
Another alternative is to repair the openSUSE bootloader but that will probably overwrite whatever bootloader is in the master Boot Record at the moment (??).
I did see the menu.lst file in fedora but i can’t edit it.
bootloader? do you mean GRUB?
please help me, i am frusrtated here and i need a how to fix error 15 after a kernel update for dummies tutorial.
Thank you so much.
I don’t want to break your multiboot with the other distros.
So some exploratory questions first:
Which distro’s bootloader is the one that comes up and gives you the start menu from which you can choose Fedora, Ubuntu or Suse?
And:
Please boot into that distro and post here the file menu.lst from that distro.
Which distro’s bootloader is the one that comes up?
it’s UBUNTO
and here are the contents of menu.lst
menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
default num
Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
You can specify ‘saved’ instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
is the entry saved with the command ‘savedefault’.
WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use ‘savedefault’ or your
array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
timeout sec
Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
(normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10
hiddenmenu
Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu
Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
password ‘–md5’] passwd
If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
command ‘lock’
e.g. password topsecret
password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
password topsecret
examples
title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## Start Default Options
default kernel options
default kernel options for automagic boot options
If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
kopt=root=UUID=2a3dbb8f-f430-441c-90b5-3829dbf662b8 ro
Setup crashdump menu entries
e.g. crashdump=1
crashdump=0
default grub root device
e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
groot=(hd0,6)
should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
e.g. alternative=true
alternative=false
alternative=true
should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
e.g. lockalternative=true
lockalternative=false
lockalternative=false
additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
alternatives
e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
defoptions=quiet splash
should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
e.g. lockold=false
lockold=true
lockold=false
Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
xenhopt=
Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
xenkopt=console=tty0
altoption boot targets option
multiple altoptions lines are allowed
e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
altoptions=(recovery) single
altoptions=(recovery mode) single
controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
alternative kernel options
e.g. howmany=all
howmany=7
howmany=all
should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
e.g. memtest86=true
memtest86=false
memtest86=true
should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
can be true or false
updatedefaultentry=false
should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
can be true or false
savedefault=false
## End Default Options
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=2a3dbb8f-f430-441c-90b5-3829dbf662b8 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=2a3dbb8f-f430-441c-90b5-3829dbf662b8 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
linux installation on /dev/sda3.
title Fedora (2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686) (on /dev/sda3)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=ff9c4fb8-58af-4e80-b2e0-804c91daae65 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686.img
savedefault
boot
This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
linux installation on /dev/sda3.
title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.i686) (on /dev/sda3)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=ff9c4fb8-58af-4e80-b2e0-804c91daae65 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.img
savedefault
boot
This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
linux installation on /dev/sda5.
title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1 (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM250JIS15YJD0P820637-part5 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
savedefault
boot
This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
linux installation on /dev/sda5.
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1 (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM250JIS15YJD0P820637-part5 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
savedefault
boot
Had the same problem with my last kernel update. Solution was quite easy. In your menu.lst change the openSUSE entry from:
title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1 (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM250JIS15YJD0P820637-part5 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
savedefault
boot
to:
title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1 (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM250JIS15YJD0P820637-part5 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd
savedefault
boot
If that works do the same for failsafe-openSUSE…
Thank you so much!
It worked! I see green again! 