triple booting problem

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#1

hey guys,

jus tried triple booting xp, ubuntu and opensuse. result: failure!
i had xp and ubuntu 9.10 dual booting previously, added opensuse 11.2 just now and the grub seems to have disappeared, wen i start my machine now i just get three options - opensuse 11.2, windows, failsafe opensuse

what do i do???

this is my output of fdisk -l if u need it. please help !!!

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe603e603

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5357 43030071 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 5358 18643 106719795 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 5358 12998 61376301 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 16155 18519 18996831 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 18520 18643 995998+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 12999 16154 25350538+ 83 Linux

#2

I think Grub2 (Ubuntu’s grub) got removed when you installed OpenSUSE. By default this installs a Grub version of it’s own.

Can you post the content of /boot/grub/menu.lst?

Also have a look at this page: Configuring Grub with YAST
The rest of the page might also be of some help.

I am uncertain wether the ubuntu version of GRUB2 can be recovered. Maybe someone else can help with this. I personally find OpenSUSE’s grub better looking lol!

#3

menu.lst was empty but here is my menu.lst.old

Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Feb 11 22:45:13 IST 2010

THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader

Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader

default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,7)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.2
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160215AS_5RA2WAB4-part8 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160215AS_5RA2WAB4-part7 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a
initrd /boot/initrd

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

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe – openSUSE 11.2
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160215AS_5RA2WAB4-part8 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a
initrd /boot/initrd

#4

nitstorm wrote:
> what do i do???

here is one way:
“How to install and boot 145 operating systems in a PC”
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=147959

–
palladium

#5 
#Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: none#
title Ubuntu booting via symlinks
root (hd0,9)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda8 ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img

add that onto the end of your /boot/grub/menu.lst. I beleive that is the code if not let me know. If that is not the code it will not mess up booting xp and suse.

#6

I’ve found that the best way to manage your situation is by following these steps.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202

After booting into Ubuntu run

sudo update-grub

Your problem should be solved after this.

#7

just double-checked that, it should be a good code. Go ahead and try it.