Hi people, i have a strange problem with opensuse. I have 2 sata disk, in hd0 i have instaled windows 7 and in hd1 i want to have opensuse.
I instaled ok, the grub menu its ok when i reboot after instalation… enter in opensuse and all go well, but when i enter in win7 the grub desapear and can be load.
I tried to install 3 times and everythings go well untyl i enter to win7!! Any help about this problem?
To help you, we need you to be running openSUSE so you can post the necessary info for us. FYI, it’s unlikely that you need to re-install each time. But when you are in the position we require, please say so
We will want to know which HD is set to boot first in your BIOS
Also from openSUSE we need, using a terminal:
cat /etc/fstab
then as su -
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
fdisk -l
I instaled ok, the grub menu its ok when i reboot after instalation… enter in opensuse and all go well, but when i enter in win7 the grub desapear and can be load.
I tried to install 3 times and everythings go well untyl i enter to win7!!
If I’m reading this correctly, the grub boot loader is there until the first time you boot windows, after that it boots straight to windows each time? If so, along with the already requested info, how did you install? boot from openSUSE DVD, boot from liveCD, install from within windows? (that last one is a BAD idea).
hi, and thank for the reply… Now i’m instaling again opensuse so i can post the info you ask me.
but i can say that i install firs window7 on hd0 (the one set to boot from bios) then with de opensuse dvd i install it on hd1, not from windows!. Once i enter windows i cant enter any SO on my pc, it stay a black screen saying " grub stage 1.5 grub loading please wait"… thats all
This is wrong. Installing Windows on hd0 is fine. Installing Linux on hd1 is fine too. But then you should set hd1 as the first BIOS drive if you want to boot from it - no matter where you installed Grub on that disk (MBR, extended or root partition).
Hi people, here are the info that caf4926 ask me to post. I hope you can help me with my problem.
Sebas@linux:~> cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part7 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part5 /boot ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part8 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
linux:/home/Sebas # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on sáb may 7 10:57:56 ART 2011
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,4)/message
##YaST - activate
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.1-1.2
root (hd1,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part7 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part6 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.1-1.2
root (hd1,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1600AAJS-22WAA0_WD-WCAS2D211074-part7 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other 1###
title Linux other 1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other 2###
title Linux other 2
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other 3###
title Linux other 3
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other 4###
title Linux other 4
rootnoverify (hd0,3)
chainloader +1
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, 976773168 sectores en total
Units = sectores of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0xc5df2ca3
Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sda1 19 2047 1014+ 42 SFS
/dev/sda2 2048 206847 102400 42 SFS
/dev/sda3 * 206848 314574847 157184000 42 SFS
/dev/sda4 314574848 976771119 331098136 42 SFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, 312581808 sectores en total
Units = sectores of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x3edce49a
Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 2048 312580095 156289024 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 4096 79871 37888 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 81920 4274175 2096128 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 4276224 88164351 41944064 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 88166400 312561663 112197632 83 Linux
I suggest you start again with sdb
Loose the /boot partition, it’s not needed for your setup.
And completely remove the extended
Just have :
swap
/
/home
And switch your HD boot order so the 160GB HD is first in the boot order
Now install again