In my ignorance, I think I did something dumb and need help…
I have a Dell workstation that used to successfully run Windows on it; 3 physical HDDs on a RAID config. About a year ago, I removed the HDDs, installed an SSD and successfully loaded OpenSuse 13.2. OpenSuse 13.2 had been running great up until today, when I got a brilliant idea. I decided to unplug the Linux SSD and re-install the Windows HDDs since I was trying to find a file on the Windows system. I figured I could do a simple plug-n-play on the system board. It didn’t seem to work though. I was unsuccessful getting the system to recognize and boot from the Windows HDDs. So I abandoned the idea and reconnected the Linux SSD. Lo and behold, now I find that my Linux SSD won’t boot! Crud! At the bootup screen, it says no drive disk is detected and gives me the option to enter the BIOS. I don’t know how or if anything would have gone awry in the BIOS settings. So then I inserted my OpenSuse installation DVD. I tried the option to Boot From Hard Disk, but it didn’t work; it just reverted me back to the BIOS again. On the DVD, I then tried the Rescue Disk option but hit a dead-end. I logged in as root, but then had no idea where to go from there.
I’m not sure how to fix this problem at all. I just want to get OpenSuse back up and running on my SSD without having to completely re-install the system. I’m new, so please provide answers in simple terms with clear explanation.
Thanks in advance,
M Ridzon
