strange disk problem - multi-disk boot

[phsieh2005]

Dear SuSE/linux experts:

I have a workstation with 4 hard disks.

Disk #1: MS Windows XP
Disk #2: SuSE 10.3 32 bit
Disk #3: SuSE 10.1 64 bit
Disk #4: SuSE 10.2 64 bit

Disk #2 was the last install. No problem booting to Disk #2.
If I want to boot to disk #4, I selected disk #4 in grub, I got disk errors:
reiserfs_open: the reiserfs superblock cannot be found on /dev/sdb2
Failed to open the filesystem.
..... and you need to run this utility with --rebuild-sb.

So, I went through reiserfsck --rebuild-sd /dev/sdb2 and now, I was able to boot to disk #4.

But, when booting to Disk #2, I got disk error again (but, not superblock issue as above). So, I fsck to fix the disk and was able to boot to Disk #2. But, now, the system fail to boot to Disk #4 again.

Any suggestion?

phsieh2005

[gogalthorp]

Does disk 3 boot ok?

I'm thinking mixing 32 bit and 64bit and grub.

??

[devils casper]

Post the output of fdisk -l command and contents of menu.lst file that you are using to boot up OSes.

[phsieh2005]

Hi,

These are the info:

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menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu May 9 13:37:09 UTC 2019
default 2
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,0)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800ADFD-7_WD-WMANS1097041-part1 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdc1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: SUSE Linux 10.1 (/dev/sdc2)###
title SUSE Linux 10.1 (/dev/sdc2)
kernel (hd2,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdc2 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdc1 splash=silent showopts
initrd (hd2,1)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: openSUSE 10.2 (/dev/sdd1)###
title openSUSE 10.2
root (hd3,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/sdd1 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sdc1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD800ADFD-7_WD-WMANS1097041-part1 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
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fdisk -l when booting to Disk #2:

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8d9d8d9f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 7 9725 78067867+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000287e5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 2611 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 2612 9726 57151237+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc9adc9ad

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc2 263 2873 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdc3 2874 9726 55046722+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d0eeb

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 2611 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 2612 9726 57151237+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sde: 2029 MB, 2029518848 bytes
129 heads, 32 sectors/track, 960 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4128 * 512 = 2113536 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 * 1 961 1981936 6 FAT16

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fdisk -l from Disk #4:

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6 48163+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 7 9725 78067867+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 2611 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 2612 9726 57151237+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc2 263 2873 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdc3 2874 9726 55046722+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 2611 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 2612 9726 57151237+ 83 Linux