Windows 7 Ultimate and OpenSuse 13.2 in Boot Configuration

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I have a Windows 7 Ultimate on 1/2 of a 1 terabyte hard drive and I loaded OpenSuse 13.2, the following way:’
sba1 and 2 are the Windows partitions, created another partition called sba3 as an extended partition, then created logical sba4, 5 and 6 for root, home and swap.

Now when my machine boots, it boots to a selector screen with Suse 13.2 as first choice, advanced options, then Windows 7 as third option. Windows boots fine; however, when I click on OpenSuse 13.2, it boots in the background to the green flowing screen, with a little field, blank with the Lock to the left hand side. When I enter a password, it goes away, and then just sits there with green flowing screen. This is the first issue I have had on Dual boot setups, so I am at a loss on how to fix this one. Any ideas???

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The screen with the lock is because you are presumably using disk encryption (encrypted LVM or encrypted swap or encrypted home.

We need more information on that. What can you tell us about your setup.

Did this ever work? Is it failing since you installed 13.2, or did it work at one time, and then stopped?

How did you install 13.2? In particular, was this upgraded from an earlier release or was it a fresh install?

Do you have any special hardware (RAID, for example)?

When you enter the encryption key, do you see it on the screen (as “******” for example), or does the screen stay completely blank?

I’m asking these questions to try to narrow down the possible problems.

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   The questions don't bother me, I have been using Linux for quite a number of years now and I still feel like a newbie. I rarely use the Command Line or the commands, usually try
   to keep it simple by looking up the syntax on the commands.
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Can you tell us which of those partitions are encrypted.

Please try booting again.

After entering the key, the password entry field disappears. At that point, hit the ESC key. You should get a lot of information on the screen, possibly telling you where the system is stuck. Make notes and post them, or take a picture of the screen and post it.

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Here are the Pictures, hope this helps. :slight_smile:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hyyp94z79t7ocqz/AADdyiYJX4djWf_11Dja2V_oa?dl=0

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It does help somewhat.

It looks as if the crypto is for “/dev/sdb2”, which is shown as an LVM. And the crypto is failing, though I’m not sure why.

If you had entered the wrong pass phrase, you would have been prompted again. So I assume that something else is wrong there.

You did not mention “/dev/sdb2” before. Is that really needed to boot?

If not, maybe you can boot to recovery mode. On the boot screen, select “Advanced Options”. That should open another menu. And there should be an item there for “recovery mode”. See if you can boot that. You might be able to get it with somewhat crippled access. But that will give you a change to change some of the settings.

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Problem is with the idiot installer, when I removed the external hard drive (on the USB port), and then re-installed a fresh install, the Dual Boot works now on both OpenSuse 13.2 and Windows 7. Sorry for all the nonsense on posting, maybe I have my S??? together now.:slight_smile:

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Removable drives can cause confusion on which drive is sda,sdb,…etc You need to pay attention to the installer and be very sure the drive it wants to install to is the actual drive you think it is. Go to advanced mode and you can set it any way you want.

In a complex configuration the installer can only guess at what you want not read your mind.

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I’m glad you have it working.

What probably happened, is the installer added an entry to “/etc/crypttab” for that encrypted LVM. And then the overly agressive “systemd” insisted on trying to unlock it.