I was using vista and suse 11.1 on my dell inspiron but then windows didnt start and i had to repair it now whenever i start my pc it gets struck in grub how could i correct it?
Repair grub. There are various ways. A live linux CD or a Parted Magic CD. Or the SUSE install DVD.
If you have a Linux Live CD, boot from it and log in. Then open a console window and enter su and you will be at the command prompt with root powers and ready to proceed. If on the other hand you have the openSUSE install DVD, boot from it and on the first menu of options select the Rescue System option. That will start an elementary Linux Live operating system and bring you to the login prompt. Enter the username root and you will be at the command prompt with root powers and ready to proceed. Whichever way you started (the openSUSE install DVD or a Linux Live CD) when you are at the root command prompt, first you find the partition containing openSUSE’s bootloader. Then you reinstall Grub with a pointer to that partition. First find the openSUSE installation:
You enter this ---------------- grub
Computer returns like this ---- grub>
You enter this ---------------- find /boot/grub/menu.lst
Computer returns like this ---- (hd0,5)
Here, (hd0,5) is Grub’s pointer to my openSUSE installation. Your pointer will be different from my example (hd0,5). Substitute your values for my example (hd0,5). Now that you have the pointer, proceed like this:
You enter this ---------------- root (hd0,5)
Computer returns like this ---- Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
You enter this ---------------- setup (hd0)
You see several lines like this — Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists … yes Computer finally returns this-- Succeeded…Done
You enter this ---------------- quit
You enter this ---------------- reboot
HowTo Boot into openSUSE when it won’t Boot from the Grub Code on the Hard Drive
i did every step
now on rebooting the system from hard-disk it is again going to grub menu
can the graphic grub be installed again?
I suggest you use the tutorial linked by caf4926 to boot into openSUSE. When you get into openSUSE, first do the online updates (Yast Software module) and then use the method in the appendix to make a new Grub boot menu and to place new Grub code in the Master Boot Record.
After that, if there are further problems with vista, do not repair vista. Instead repair the entry for booting vista in Grubs menu.lst file as discussed here: Fixing vista multiboot with openSUSE - openSUSE Forums
i am not able to boot any of the os from hdd
i ve live cd from which i ve made the earlier changes as told by caf but now also the on booting from hdd “grub>” is shown and no other
option.
**kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst **
(from live cd) gives
kdesu: can not connect to x server
Wha do you get at this point :
find /boot/grub/menu.lst
co-incidently
all results are same as provided by u on 2nd link
That seems a remarkable coincidence - so you mean you get this: (hd0,5)?
**yes **
and also all other values r same
And this:
You see several lines like this — Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists … yes Computer finally returns this-- Succeeded…Done ?
How about an
fdisk -l
output so we can see your partitions
that too
for fdisk -l it shows the hdd divisions
/dev/sda1 * 1-2 are of windows
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda3 * system= w95 Ext’d(LBA)
/dev/sda5 linux swap / solaris
/dev/sda6 linux
/dev/sda7 * linux
*==boot
is it possible to recover ?
Is it possible you could get me a proper fdsik -l
What you have posted is meaningless.
If you get this when booting from the hdd: ==>> grub>
And if you get this in response to “find /boot/grub/menu.lst”: ==> (hd0,5)
Then try to boot openSUSE by entering this at the “grub>” prompt:
You enter this ---------------- find /boot/grub/menu.lst
Computer returns like this ---- (hd0,5)
You enter this ---------------- root (hd0,5)
Computer returns like this ---- Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
You enter this ---------------- kernel /boot/vmlinuz
Computer returns like this ---- [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x000, size=0x25e910]
You enter this ---------------- initrd /boot/initrd
Computer returns like this ---- [Linux-initrd @ 0x37a9c000, 0x5534f3 bytes]
You enter this ---------------- boot
The computer boots into openSUSE. Then use the method in the appendix to re-cretate the Grub multiboot.