I need help with the openSUSE 12.1. dvd partitioner tool.
At the moment I have on hard disk:
sda1= ntfs (boot 100mt)
sda2 = windows 7
sda4= windows recovery
sda3 = extended, including following logical partitions:
sda5 = swap
sda6= ubuntu 11.10
sda7 = empty (waiting for opensuse installation)
So, I use opensuse dvd’s partion tool as to make changes:
format sda7 for / with ext4
use sad5 as swap
Then I press “accept” and get the following note:
“warning: with your current setup, your opensuse 12.1 installation will encounter problems when booting, because you have no FAT partition mounted onto /boot/efi. This will give severe problems with the normal boot setup. If you do not know exactly what you are doing, use a normal FAT partition for your files below /boot/efi. Really use this setup? <yes> or <no>.”
I have no clue what this warning message means or what should I do. I would appreciate help how to install opensuse and make tripleboot correctly?!
I am not sure about this but I think the problem is that you have Grub2 currently handling the boot process thanks to Ubuntu. openSUSE 12.1 uses Grub 1 and I think that is the reason it’s causing problems. This is going to cause you headaches. Have a look at Swerdna’s guide on how to multiboot Ubuntu and openSUSE. I personally have little experience with it. I did use it to multiboot Windows 7, Linux Mint and openSUSE but this is a while ago and don’t remember much from it!
I have pentaboot with Fedora 16, Revamp, Frugalware 1.6, Sabayon 7 and openSUSE 12.1. Certainly this problem is due to grub2 and grub 1 but not only. You can try update grub according to this forum, change grub with gnome-commander or krusader. You should be successfull. But I think main problem is with correct partitioning of openSUSE. I do not know where is openSUSE.
On the install set grub to be on the OpenSUSE boot partition NOT in the MBR. Then in Ubuntu run grub-config this will add OpenSuse to the Ubuntu boot menu.
I succeeded to install Opensuse so, that I ignored the warning message I got and continued installing so, that I didnt install LILO or grub at all. After installation I started Ubuntu and just with command update-grub I added Opensuse to grub, next to windows 7 and ubuntu.
Glad you have it working. I think you will need to run
update-grub
every time openSUSE does a kernel update. This is because the link in Ubuntu’s grub menu points to a kernel location which will be incorrect if openSUSE updates it’s kernel. But well done and enjoy your tripleboot!
