Problem with opensuse 11.0 download

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

Hi all, I’m newbie. Yesterday I downloaded the 64-bit version of opensuse with the torrent downloaded in the official site. After downloading it, I saw that it wasn’t a .iso file, like written in the site, but there were folders and a strange .exe file: opensuse_11.0_local.exe… I thought it was strange finding an .exe file in an installation dvd for linux…despite that i executed it and it said that this program will install linux in my pc. So I restarted and now there’s the problem. Infact, it don’t permit me to boot windows or the windows boot manager ( i had installed win xp and vista) and it automatically start with a linux kernel, questioning me to insert a cd that i didn’t download, because in the 4,7 Gb file i downloaded, there wasn’t an .iso file.
Now I have installed ubuntu (700 MB download with my 2nd pc, with no much memory) and with the linux bootloader i can’t boot windows too. I have inserted the installation cd-rom of windows, and after entering the console, i wrote “fixmbr”, as a friend said to me. But, the problem is not in the mbr…Is in the windows boot file.

PS: sorry for my english, I’m italian. Thanks for the answers :smiley:

#2

Yes, it is an ISO file. An ISO file is an image of a filesystem and therefore contains folders and files inside it. Your Windows must have tried to interpret it by opening it up, the way that it “opens up” zip files. Yes, there is a .exe file in the ISO image, it’s is meant to help people start the install from Windows, but only if the ISO comes from a DVD. It is not necessary to start the install from Windows. The normal way is in fact to boot using the DVD.

Your next step therefore is to burn a DVD from the ISO (in image mode, nota bene, please look this up at the wiki). I assume your intention is to install OpenSUSE side by side with Windows. You might want to look up some articles on the OpenSUSE wiki to familiarise yourself with what will happen next if you install OpenSUSE to dual boot with Windows.

#3

I have installed now open suse 11.0 64 bit from the cd-rom, but after this, i still can’t log into windows XP…
What i could do? I can’t mount windows partition, too.

#4

Please help meeeeee!!

does anybody know something??

I’ve installed open suse with this installer in the windows partition, but now i still can’t open windows…

#5

You didn’t say if a windows option shows at the grub boot screen so:
post the contents of

/boot/grub/menu.lst
(you need to be super user to read it)

also in a terminal also as su

fdisk -l

a help page
GRUB Boot Multiboot openSUSE Windows (2000, XP, Vista) using the Grub bootloader.

#6

I can’t open the file menu.lst … “impossible to open /boot/grub/menu.lst”
The problem is that there is the windows option in the bootloader…But if i select this option, windows doesn’t start, but a linux kernel starts and ask me to install or insert the cd…
Note that I’ve already installed open suse with this installation tool…

#7

You need to be root
or go su

kde has file manager super user

#8

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=3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d ro

default grub root device

e.g. groot=(hd0,0)

groot=3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d

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 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 3dd09ae1-82c5-4deb-ad4f-f778fed7973d
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 a non-linux OS

on /dev/sda1

title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing

linux installation on /dev/sda2.

title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1 (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAKS-_WD-WMART1699105-part2 devfs=mount,dall resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts vga=0x323
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default
savedefault
boot

This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing

linux installation on /dev/sda2.

title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1 (on /dev/sda2)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAKS-_WD-WMART1699105-part2 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default
savedefault
boot

THIS IS THE MENU.LST FILE

#9

can you tell me if you are kde or gnome

#10

kde on opensuse
gnome on ubuntu

#11

Use kde in suse

open a terminal and type

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

copy and paste the text from there in here

also we need from a terminal - type
su
your rootpassword

then:

fdisk -l

paste here

#12

this is the content of the grub bootloader in opensuse:

Modified by YaST2. Last modification on sab nov 8 18:02:59 UTC 2008

default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAKS-_WD-WMART1699105-part2 devfs=mount,dall resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts vga=0x323
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAKS-_WD-WMART1699105-part2 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-default

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title windows 1
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2###
title windows 2
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

and this it the content of the terminal:
linux-rpra:/home/carlo # fdisk

Uso: fdisk -l] -b SSZ] -u] dispositivo
Per es.: fdisk /dev/hda (per il primo disco IDE)
o: fdisk /dev/sdc (per il terzo disco SCSI)
o: fdisk /dev/eda (per la prima unità PS/2 ESDI)
o: fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0 o: fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0 (per i dispositivi RAID)
…
linux-rpra:/home/carlo # fdisk /dev/sda1

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 16614.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:

  1. software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
  2. booting and partitioning software from other OSs
    (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Comando (m per richiamare la guida): l

0 Vuoto 1e W95 FAT16 (LBA) 80 Vecchio Minix be Solaris boot
1 FAT12 24 NEC DOS 81 Minix / vecchio bf Solaris
2 XENIX root 39 Plan 9 82 Linux swap / So c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
3 XENIX usr 3c Recupero Partit 83 Linux c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
4 FAT16 <32M 40 Venix 80286 84 C nascosto OS/2 c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
5 Esteso 41 PPC PReP Boot 85 Linux esteso c7 Syrinx
6 FAT16 42 SFS 86 set volume NTFS da Non-FS data
7 HPFS/NTFS 4d QNX4.x 87 set volume NTFS db CP/M / CTOS / .
8 AIX 4e QNX4.x 2a parti 88 Linux plaintext de Dell Utility
9 AIX avviabile 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 8e Linux LVM df BootIt
a OS/2 Boot Manag 50 OnTrack DM 93 Amoeba e1 accesso DOS
b W95 FAT32 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 94 Amoeba BBT e3 DOS R/O
c W95 FAT32 (LBA) 52 CP/M 9f BSD/OS e4 SpeedStor
e W95 FAT16 (LBA) 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux a0 Ibernazione IBM eb BeOS fs
f W95 Esteso (LBA 54 OnTrackDM6 a5 FreeBSD ee EFI GPT
10 OPUS 55 EZ-Drive a6 OpenBSD ef EFI (FAT-12/16/
11 FAT12 nascosto 56 Golden Bow a7 NeXTSTEP f0 Linux/PA-RISC b
12 Diagnostica Com 5c Priam Edisk a8 Darwin UFS f1 SpeedStor
14 FAT16 nascosto 61 SpeedStor a9 NetBSD f4 SpeedStor
16 FAT16 nascosto 63 GNU HURD o SysV ab Darwin boot f2 DOS secondario
17 HPFS/NTFS nasco 64 Novell Netware b7 BSDI fs fd Autorilevamento
18 AST SmartSleep 65 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap fe LANstep
1b W95 FAT32 nasco 70 DiskSecure Mult bb Boot Wizard hid ff BBT
1c W95 FAT32 (LBA) 75 PC/IX

did I do the correct actions?
Is there something else I have to do?

#13

did I do the correct actions?

Not quite

in a terminal as su

fdisk -l

#14

But have I to writ -l or -|?
because the terminal gave me an error…

#15

you must first type su
then your root password

then
fdisk -l

( l as in love )

#16

linux-rpra:/home/carlo # fdisk -l

Disco /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 byte

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3a443a43

Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 16615 133459956 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 16616 17336 5791432+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 17337 30401 104944612+ 5 Esteso
/dev/sda5 29746 30401 5269288+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 17337 29235 95578654+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 29236 29745 4096543+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Le voci nella tabella delle partizioni non sono nello stesso ordine del disco

Disco /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 byte

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cilindri of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x541909e2

Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 19457 156288321 7 HPFS/NTFS

ok, I did.

#17

do

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

and edit the windows section as bellow
(I don’t know why you have another windows in there as you only appear to have one windows install)
we can delete it later if necessary

title windows 1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

#18

I had windows vista, too. I disinstalled it when I installed linux :slight_smile:
ok, I did, now I try.

#19

But, the last installed o.s is ubuntu, so I use its bootloader…
What have I have to change in the menu.lst of ubuntu?

#20

in ubuntu

gnomesu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst