Hello everyone,
I’m very new to OpenSUSE. I started with Linux couple of months ago and I installed OpenSUSE 11.3 few days ago. I’m addicted to Ubuntu but I see there are some differences between Ubuntu and OpenSUSE and I’d like to walk through this new path.
Anyway, I have a bit of a problem. Actually, I got two problems. These problems might be very easy to fix but I failed to fix these problems and I failed to find any thread that could show me how to fix. As I learned from Ubuntu’s forum, when someone can’t find what he/she is looking for, then definitely start his/her own thread. My case is required a new thread anyway.
There you go:
**My PC:
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CPU: P4 - 3GHz
RAM: 512MB
HDD1: 80GB IDE
HDD2: 20GB IDE
I have the following Operating Systems installed:
Disk /dev/sdb: 20.1 GB, 20060135424 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2438 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x328f6f4b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
**/dev/sdb1 * ** 1 2438 19583203+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006b2b6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1306 10490413+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1307 2873 12586927+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 2874 9729 55070820 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 2874 4179 10490413+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 4180 5485 10490413+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 5486 6791 10490413+ 83 Linux
**/dev/sda8** 6792 8097 10490413+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 8098 9403 10490413+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 9404 9729 2618563+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
I installed all these Operating Systems/Distributions first then I installed OpenSUSE 11.3 except for Windows XP, I installed a second HDD first (20GB) then I installed Windows XP.
OpenSUSE was able to detect ALL the other distributions (antiX, SliTaz, Debian, PCLinuxOS) except for Vector. XP was installed later so it’s not included in GRUB.
**My Problems are:
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on dev/sda8 I have LinuxVector installed. I could not boot into Vector. I have NO problems booting into any other Linux OS except for Vector
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XP is installed on a second HDD. The only way to boot into XP is to set the second HDD to be the first drive to boot from via BIOS. Otherwise, the first HDD will be bootable and OpenSUSE’s boot loader will be shown. Obviously it’s happening because XP was installed “after” I installed OpenSUSE
So, how would I fix these two issues?
Things I have tried:
From YaST2 Control Center, I tried to add Vector and XP from Boot Loader but when I reboot and choose Vector, I got an error message (no 15 or 13 - not sure) with press any key-message to continue. When I choose XP, nothing happens and it returns me back to GRUB menu.
With Ubuntu, that could be done in one step with 3 words:
sudo update-grub
I know that OpenSUSE comes with GRUB Legacy and honestly, I have no idea how to fix these two issues.
**What I want?
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- I want to boot into Vector and add it to the list
- Boot into XP without changing the HDD priority from BIOS.
- Is there anyway to upgrade GRUB Legacy in OpenSUSE 11.3 to GRUB2 and how?
That’s all for now.
Just to let you know, I have a 2nd PC with 9 OS’s installed. 8 are Linux Distributions and Windows XP on a 2nd HDD. I have no problem because Ubuntu 10.04 is taking the control and its GRUB2 could detect all the other installed OS’s. Even if I have to change anything, sudo update-grub will do the job.
Thanks in advance 
