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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 ...
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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

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    Hi and Welcome !

    Is SuSe bootiong up? Post the output of fdisk -l command here.
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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

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    title Windows XP SP3
    root (hd0,1)
    makeactive
    chainloader + 1
    Is there a space between + and 1 or is it a typo?
    There shouldn't be any space between + and 1.
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    chainloader +1
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    Thank you for taking the time to help me, I made the change and it boots perfectly!

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    Glad to help you ! Do start a new thread if you have any other question.
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