windows not showing up on grub after 12.3 upgrade

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I started using openSUSE 12.2 back in January dual booting it with Windows 7. When I upgraded to openSUSE 12.3 using a 4.7 gb upgrade cd Grub 2 is no longer showing my windows installation.

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Check out whether the solution put up here works for you https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/484740-grub-doesnt-display-win7-boot.html#post2538684

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Thanks I just opened YAsT and changed some boot settings. Everything works fine

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Cool. When in trouble consult YaST :slight_smile:

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I have the same problem.
After installing 12.3, I am not able to start Windows.

I had dual boot on this machine with 12.1 and windows, and it worked ok.
Now I have done a fresh install to upgrade to 12.3

How can I tell Yast to add the windows partition (sda1) so that it is available at start up?

I remember doing this with 12.1 but now I do not see this option in Yast.

uname -a

Linux linux-32or.site 3.7.10-1.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 28 15:06:29 UTC 2013 (82d3f21) i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, 488397168 sectores en total
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador del disco: 0x65c3f155

Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sda1 63 193808222 96904080 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 470310912 488390655 9039872 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 * 193808384 470310911 138251264 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sda5 193810432 198033407 2111488 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 198035456 239978495 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 239980544 470310911 115165184 83 Linux

Las entradas de la tabla de particiones no están en el orden del disco

Thank you,

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Check out https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/484740-grub-doesnt-display-win7-boot.html#post2538684

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Thank you for the link!

It worked for me too, but now, at the start menu I have

  • Opensuse 12.3
  • Windows (sda1)
  • Windows (sda2)

Really Windows (sda2) is not a good start option because it is only a recovery image, it is not really intended to start the OS Windows.

Is there a way to delete Windows (sda2) from the start menu?

Thanks,

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You are welcome

In house solution.:wink: If you have any queries make a post a comment in that article
https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/gnu-grub2-command-help-config-editor-version-1-95-106/
Or
look for 2nd answer in
How to hide recovery partition from Grub2 - Super User