GRUB trouble

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#1

I am having problems Loading OpenSUSE 11.04_amd64 after Installation. I Dual Boot with Windows (on dev/sda) and Linux (on dev/sdb). I have been using Ubuntu_amd64 for a while and had decided to give other Linux distros a try. I tried Debian but I ended up downloading and installing a bare-bone version and I couldn’t go anywhere with it as, I am a Linux noob.

I have now downloaded and tried to install OpenSUSE 11.04. Installation was smooth but OpenSUSE will not boot. I get a black screen which says Grub Error and something like ‘file not found’.

I must be installing GRUB wrongly… and I need the forums’ help.

This is how my /dev/sdb looks:

/dev/sdb1 - 500 GB
/dev/sdb2 - 200 GB
/dev/sdb3 - 35 GB EXT4 /
/dev/sdb4 - Extended
/dev/sdb5 - 194 GB EXT4 /home
/dev/sdb6 - 2 GB SWAP

and this is how I set up the BOOT:

Boot Loader type : GRUB
Status Location : Root “/”
Change Location :
*MBR Disabled
*Boot from “/” Enabled

Also I chose /dev/sdb for GRUB installation device.

My Desktop:
Intel Desktop Board DG45ID
Integrated Graphics
Ram 2GB DDR2
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz

Please assist me in loading OpenSUSE 11.04 amd 64

#2

I couldn’t edit after 10 mins.

I just need to add that I have GNOME CD.

#3

Please boot from the liveCD as root and run in gedit

fdisk -l

and navigate to ‘/boot/grub/menu.lst’ of the installed openSUSE system, copy and paste its contents, and the output of the above command here.
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#4

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x12a57f63

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   102402047    51200000    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       102402048   204802047    51200000    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       204802048   976773119   385985536    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000be217

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048  1048578047   524288000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2      1048578048  1468008447   209715200   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3      1468008448  1541408767    36700160   83  Linux
/dev/sdb4      1541408768  1953523711   206057472    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5      1541410816  1945133055   201861120   83  Linux
/dev/sdb6      1945135104  1953523711     4194304   82  Linux swap / Solaris

I am unable to access menu.lst. I need permissions and I don’t exactly know how to boot as root

#5

If you set the sdb HD to the first boot device in BIOS
Does it boot now?

#6

It might not because there is no boot flag on sdb3, your root partition