Hello,
I installed first opensuse 13.1 and then win7. Now I only can start win7 and not opensuse.
Some versions ago did I insert the suse installation DVD and found a possibility to start the just installed suse.
This possibility is missing now, I have to make a complet and new installation to get the bootmanager installation menue.
Do any have a trick to start the well installed suse behind win7 so I can configure grub2?
Thx
kpc
On 2014-05-01 01:56, kpc wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I installed first opensuse 13.1 and then win7. Now I only can start win7
> and not opensuse.
Typical.
> Some versions ago did I insert the suse installation DVD and found a
> possibility to start the just installed suse.
It was removed ages ago. There was no maintainer.
> This possibility is missing now, I have to make a complet and new
> installation to get the bootmanager installation menue.
No, you just have to repair it manually.
> Do any have a trick to start the well installed suse behind win7 so I
> can configure grub2?
It depends on what was the damage…
You have to know where was Linux installed, if it is till there, where
and how was grub installed…
You could try this, in Linux:
lsblk --output NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,UUID,PARTLABEL,PARTUUID,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE
and paste it all here, and please do so inside code tags (the ‘#’ button
in the forum editor). See photo
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
>You could try this, in Linux:
>Code:
>lsblk --output NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,UUID,PARTLABEL,PARTUUID,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE
>and paste it all here, and please do so inside code tags (the ‘#’ button
>in the forum editor). See photo
There is my problem: I can’t do something in Linux because I can’t start it.
If I only have one time entry to linux, then can I change the bootloader and the problem is solved.
Edit
There is a point in the menue: rescue system. May be I can get the information you needed there.
I’ll try it - tomorrow.
regards
kpc
Use a live DVD
Any flavor of Linux will do
Boot again from the install DVD.
(NOTE: This must be the save version you installed with, the 13.1 installer)
But, do not click on Install.
Instead, 3rd item down should be “Rescue System”. Click on that and wait for it to load.
It will stop with the line
Rescue login:
Type (without the quotes) “root” then press Enter (or Return).
You will now see the prompt, probably in a red font:
Rescue:~#
Confirm partitions:
fdisk -l
You now want to mount the root partition, so replace the “x” in the following examples with the correct letter for your device and the letter “N” with the correct partition number for your root partition.
mount /dev/sdxN /mnt
Mount your other devices:
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
Change root to the installed system:
chroot /mnt
For 13.1, you want to mount /proc & /sys differently than earlier versions. Do:
mount -t proc proc /proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
… and away you go with your repairs.
… or, as gogalthorp suggests, do this. lol!
On 2014-05-01 04:06, gogalthorp wrote:
>
> Use a live DVD
>
> Any flavor of Linux will do
True.
If you don’t have any, you should, they are useful for repairs. I
recommend the one labeled “rescue” at the opensuse download page, on a
usb stick. A CD otherwise.
It is graphical, perisistent filesystm, it has the needed tools,
Internet connectivity (not firefox, though), with openSUSE flavour, so
things are very compatible for things like grub reinstall, chroot,
mkinitrd, etc.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)