stuck on stage2 after install

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hi, i’m new to linux, i installed fedora 12 first. These are my partitions

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 192 1536000 27 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 192 23689 188743680 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 23689 23702 104422 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 23716 38913 122077935 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 23716 30090 51200000 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda6 30091 30866 6233188+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 30867 33691 22691781 83 Linux

sda1 is recovery, sda2 preinstalled windows,
sda3 is fedora boot w/grub; i mount suse’s boot there too but didn’t install grub (again)
sda5 is fedora home(shared) swap(shared) and /
sda6 is suse installation
sda7 is suse 11.2 /

i installed suse from hd (sd6), i didn’t install grub nor configured it any further. After reboot, all i get is “Loading stage2” infinite
i’ve tried super grub disk to recover the former grub, unsuccesfully, manually i’ve tried:

root (hd0,2)
#i also tried(hd0,6)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7
and i get error 24

could you help me

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this is my menu.lst

grub.conf generated by anaconda

Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file

NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that

all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.

root (hd0,2)

kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_toshi-LogVol01

initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img

#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=7
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_toshi-LogVol01 noiswmd LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=la-latin1 rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_toshi-LogVol01 noiswmd LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=la-latin1 rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img
title Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
title install suse
root (hd0,5)
kernel /suse/boot/x86_64/loader/linux root=/dev/hda6
initrd /suse/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd

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at your boot screen hit escape that will bring up the grub editor
type o to open a newline for editing
type kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz then hit tab (that will give the possible completions) type the appropriate kernel hit enter
type o
type initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd tab etc hit enter
then hit b
I may have missed something but the grub editor will give basic instructions
you will need to edit your boot loader but that should get you staaarted

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thanks but it only pause and beeps

5

Ok I just checked the grub editer and its ‘c’ to open a command line
type kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz then hit tab (that will give the possible completions) type the appropriate kernel hit enter
type o
type initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd tab etc hit enter
then hit b

I don’t see anything to boot your 11.2 in your

grub.conf generated by anaconda

or
you could use your installation media to repair your boot loader
but the text edior is a useful tool to learn

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the problem is i don’t get to the grub menu, nor the installation media since i installed from hd (sda6). Right after the “Toshiba” splash screen, all i get is black screen with the continuing legend “loading stage 2”

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sda3 is fedora boot w/grub; i mount suse’s boot there too but didn’t install grub (again)
Do you mean theat suse /boot is there?

sda5 is fedora home(shared) swap(shared) and /
sda6 is suse installation
Do you mean you copied the installation media here

sda7 is suse 11.2 / is this your root partition with /boot on sda3
Right after the “Toshiba” splash screen, all i get is black screen
Do you mean you don’t get a boot menu
Do you have a suse installation dvd on hand ?

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yes suse /boot is in sd3
yes i copied suse installiation media in sd6
no i don’t get boot menu and all i have is fedora 12 live cd

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Does this help fc12 livecd install now can’t boot - FedoraForum.org

I used fedora long enough to know I didn’t like it

What you could do is download and burnthe net install cd
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/iso/openSUSE-11.2-NET-i586.iso 180 Mb
and use the repait tools and try to repair your grub

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thank you, I just reinstalled grub and everything was as new again.
i add the lines for suse and except for a little bump waiting for hda7, it runs smoothly.
I could get used to it. Now the only thing i’d like to know are the technical facts and implications of sharing partitions