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All right, so I have been using opensuse 10.3 for a while without any problems, but I decided that WINE was too unreliable and added a windows XP install. I ...
- 06-18-2008 #1Just Joined!
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[SOLVED] need GRUB help
All right, so I have been using opensuse 10.3 for a while without any problems, but I decided that WINE was too unreliable and added a windows XP install. I modified my menu.lst and after trying a few configurations I was able to successfully boot into XP. This was yesterday. When I tried to boot into XP this morning I was greeted with the following:
root(hd0,1)
Filesystem type unkown, partition 0x7
makeactive
chainloader + 1
error 1: Filename must be either an absolute pathname or blocklist.
I have made no changes to menu.lst between yesterday and today. I am pretty much a linux newbie, so I need some help here!
My menu.lst is as follows:
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Apr 27 08:56:17 BST 2008
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.17-0.1
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.17-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3160815AS_5RX0L5QG-part1 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.17-0.1-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.17-0.1
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.17-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3160815AS_5RX0L5QG-part1 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.17-0.1-default
title Windows XP SP3
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader + 1
- 06-18-2008 #2
Hi and Welcome !
Is SuSe bootiong up? Post the output of fdisk -l command here.It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 06-18-2008 #3Just Joined!
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thanks for the response! opensuse boots fine, I'm posting from the same machine right now. Her is the output of fdisk -l :
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cf80f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 14361 115346700 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 14362 18696 34820887+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 18697 19452 6072570 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18697 19452 6072538+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
- 06-18-2008 #4Is there a space between + and 1 or is it a typo?title Windows XP SP3
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader + 1
There shouldn't be any space between + and 1.
Code:chainloader +1
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Thank you for taking the time to help me, I made the change and it boots perfectly!
- 06-18-2008 #6
Glad to help you !
Do start a new thread if you have any other question.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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