Open Suse 11.0 not booting

**eldarvanyar** · 07-09-2008

I have installed Open Suse 11.0 twice now and after some updates when my PC starts up I end up with 'login as root- to fix filesystem'

What do I need to do?

I have Windows XP, Ubuntu Hardy heron and Open Suse 11.0 on the PC and it is only Suse that will not boot from the grub screen for each system.

I don't want to have to reinstall Open Suse 11.0 if I can help it otherwise I may go back to 10.3

Thanks

Lee

**devils casper** · 07-09-2008

How space did you allocate for SuSe? Boot up Ubuntu, mount SuSe partition(s) and execute this

Code:

sudo fdisk -l
df -h

Post output here.

**eldarvanyar** · 07-09-2008

Originally Posted by devils casper

How space did you allocate for SuSe? Boot up Ubuntu, mount SuSe partition(s) and execute this

Code:

sudo fdisk -l
df -h

Post output here.

Thanks for the info here is how my disc is set up

sda1 Windows XP 58gb

sda 5 Windows partition 39gb

sda7 windows partition 58gb

sda6 Opensuse 11.0 / 19.5gb

sda8 Swap 1gb

sda10 former Suse /home 36gb (not using at the moment as /home)

sda 9 Ubuntu GHardyHeron 20gb

I have a AMD 64 3000 CPU and 1.5gb ram

could the set up be the problem?

Thanks

**yancek** · 07-09-2008

I would suggest you post the output of the commands devils casper recommended. After installing opensuse 11.0, were you ever able to boot it? When you did updates, did you update the kernel? Are you booting from Grub in Ubuntu? Do you have a stanza entry for opensuse in the /boot/grub/menu.lst of Ubuntu if that's how you boot?

**kushK** · 07-15-2008

What output? I am having similar problem. SUSE 11 fails to install itself in the GRUB menu. Why is this a problem? No wonder newbies like me get pissed off with Linux. Why is this complicated for SUSE developers? I have five (3 big and 2 very small) partitions on my first hard drive. Partition 1 (0) has Windows Vista, Partition 5 has Ubuntu. When Ubuntu installed Grub it pulled up Windows and the Grub menu comes up giving me the option to start either Vista or Ubuntu.
Today, I installed Suse 11 on the same drive in an empty partition (57 GB space. Suse continues to give Grub error saying the designated disk does not exist!!! Really! then where the hell is SUSE installing itself, into thin air I suppose.

Is there any way how SUSE 11 can be added to my GRUB boot list. I have tried adding it manually but I get error 17, "cannot mount ...volume"

**Jonathan183** · 07-15-2008

Originally Posted by kushK

What output? I am having similar problem. SUSE 11 fails to install itself in the GRUB menu. Why is this a problem? No wonder newbies like me get pissed off with Linux. Why is this complicated for SUSE developers? I have five (3 big and 2 very small) partitions on my first hard drive. Partition 1 (0) has Windows Vista, Partition 5 has Ubuntu. When Ubuntu installed Grub it pulled up Windows and the Grub menu comes up giving me the option to start either Vista or Ubuntu.
Today, I installed Suse 11 on the same drive in an empty partition (57 GB space. Suse continues to give Grub error saying the designated disk does not exist!!! Really! then where the hell is SUSE installing itself, into thin air I suppose.

Is there any way how SUSE 11 can be added to my GRUB boot list. I have tried adding it manually but I get error 17, "cannot mount ...volume"

I suggest you start a new thread ... things will get confusing giving advice for two people at the same time with possibly similar problems. When you start the thread post the output of sudo fdisk -l (run from a terminal in Ubuntu) as well so we can see the partition structure.

**eldarvanyar** · 07-17-2008

Originally Posted by yancek

I would suggest you post the output of the commands devils casper recommended. After installing opensuse 11.0, were you ever able to boot it? When you did updates, did you update the kernel? Are you booting from Grub in Ubuntu? Do you have a stanza entry for opensuse in the /boot/grub/menu.lst of Ubuntu if that's how you boot?

I have been able to use opensuse 11.0 for some time, I think this stopped working after a security update from Suse.
I am booting in Grub with the Suse window and all the various OS' showing. XP and Ubuntu both boot from the Suse Grb window, its just Suse that is failing.

Thanks

Lee

**yancek** · 07-17-2008

Are you saying you are booting from the Opensuse menu.lst and are able to boot Ubuntu and windows but not Opensuse? Boot into Ubuntu and change directories to Opensuse, the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and check the entries for Opensuse. Then check in the /boot directory and see if the vmlinuz and initrd files from menu.lst are there.

**devils casper** · 07-17-2008

Boot up Ubuntu and mount / partition of SuSe. Post the contents of its menu.lst file and file listing of /boot folder.
Let say, you have mounted / partition in /media/suse folder.
Execute this

Code:

cd /media/suse
less boot/grub/menu.lst
ls boot

Post output here.

**kushK** · 07-18-2008

devils casper, how do I mount Suse partition?

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