What is the recommended way to install opensuse. It seems that everytime I have a problem with my bootloader, it is as if it never exsisted and I have to do a fresh install to put it back deleting all my programs but thankfully not all my files. I’m just wondering what am I that is different.
I Have 3 OS’s. Windows 7, Xp and Opensuse 11.1. I Opensuse extensively now, but sometimes i need to use XP. I have to repair my XP being windows. I know that XP is going to remove the bootloader for opensuse. So i want that when i reinstall the bootloader, i can do that without actually re-installing my opensuse.
Oh yea, I just want a list of recommended repos to add. I deleted to many and I don’t remember what to add back. I have about 6 repos
If you just need to fix your bootloader just use the Repair option and
have it put everything back. You could even go crazy and use ‘dd’ to copy
your MBR and then write it back when things went awry. Otherwise if you
use Linux primarily it may be a good time to consider virtualizing the
windows side. Using something like VMware Player (VMware has a converter
you can use for free), VirtualBox, or KVM/Qemu you can easily and quickly
get your windows systems virtualized and stop having boot loader issues.
Having a windows box suspended and ready to resume in just a few seconds
can be very nice for those things that require its browser or something
and only ten minutes’ use before you can come back to Linux.
Good luck.
sabbyman wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> What is the recommended way to install opensuse. It seems that
> everytime I have a problem with my bootloader, it is as if it never
> exsisted and I have to do a fresh install to put it back deleting all my
> programs but thankfully not all my files. I’m just wondering what am I
> that is different.
>
> I Have 3 OS’s. Windows 7, Xp and Opensuse 11.1. I Opensuse extensively
> now, but sometimes i need to use XP. I have to repair my XP being
> windows. I know that XP is going to remove the bootloader for opensuse.
> So i want that when i reinstall the bootloader, i can do that without
> actually re-installing my opensuse.
>
> Oh yea, I just want a list of recommended repos to add. I deleted to
> many and I don’t remember what to add back. I have about 6 repos
>
> Thanks a million;)
>
>
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yes i do have a virtual xp running in kde. But i still need a native XP to play some games and stuff that i have that can’t run in wine without great effort.
‘dd’ is a great tool you can run which basically lets you read and write
binary data with incredible amounts of power. For example you can read
the first 512 bytes of your hard drive (assuming /dev/sda) and write them
to a file for a backup; as I recall this would include your MBR and
partition table information for the drive:
This is very tricky stuff so be sure you don’t screw up or you will hate life.
Good luck.
sabbyman wrote:
> yes i do have a virtual xp running in kde. But i still need a native XP
> to play some games and stuff that i have that can’t run in wine without
> great effort.
>
> What do you mean by DD?
>
> (this is my 101th post. YAY!!!)
>
>
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If you know where you installed GRUB, let’s say it’s /dev/sdaX, it can be done by issuing the following command from a terminal:
su -c ‘grub-install /dev/sdaX’
You will be prompted for your rootpassword, ebter it and grub will re-install itself. Since all the working config files are still in /boot/grub a reboot should bring you back to the bootloader menu, with all sections.
At ab@novell : i know dd is a fantastic tool, but has a lot of danger in it for the average user. Specially because some of it’s features can only be used as root.
Yes… I need to learn the Grub options a bit better it seems.
Good luck.
Knurpht wrote:
> If you know where you installed GRUB, let’s say it’s /dev/sdaX, it can
> be done by issuing the following command from a terminal:
> su -c ‘grub-install /dev/sdaX’
> You will be prompted for your rootpassword, ebter it and grub will
> re-install itself. Since all the working config files are still in
> /boot/grub a reboot should bring you back to the bootloader menu, with
> all sections.
>
> At ab@novell : i know dd is a fantastic tool, but has a lot of danger
> in it for the average user. Specially because some of it’s features can
> only be used as root.
>
>
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