openSUSE 12.1 Won't Boot After Upgrade From 11.4

[gdawg]

Hi - After upgrading openSUSE 11.4 to 12.1 I am unable to boot it up. I see the splash screen and then text that states: "during fast boot: FATAL: Module ata_piix not found." FATAL: "Error running install command for ata_piix." "Could not find /dev/disk/by_id/usb-Seagate_FA_GoFlex_Desk_NA0KAMYD-o:0-part 2 to appear:".
It's installed on an external drive. I'm running Win 7 and numerous Linux distributions on two drives on a Dell Inspiron 530S Desktop computer.
Here is output of 'fdisk -l':

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x28000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2          206848   205152255   102472704    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3       205163341   625141759   209989209+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5       205163343   250039439    22438048+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6       250039503   258219359     4089928+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7       258219423   386890559    64335568+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8       386891776   425953279    19530752   83  Linux
/dev/sda9       425955328   504078335    39061504   83  Linux
/dev/sda10      504080384   620107775    58013696   83  Linux
/dev/sda11      620109824   625141759     2515968   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107861504 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773167 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c1471

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *          63      208844      104391    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2          208896    27054079    13422592   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3        27054080   114430994    43688457+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb4       114436094   718594047   302078977    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5       114436096   139601919    12582912   83  Linux
/dev/sdb6       139603968   223490047    41943040   83  Linux
/dev/sdb7       223492096   227686399     2097152   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb8       227688448   269631487    20971520   83  Linux
/dev/sdb9       269633536   311576575    20971520   83  Linux
/dev/sdb10      311580738   353526389    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sdb11      353526453   384981659    15727603+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb12      384981723   426927374    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sdb13      426927438   458382644    15727603+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb14      458382708   500328359    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sdb15      500330496   531787775    15728640   83  Linux
/dev/sdb16      531789824   573732863    20971520   83  Linux
/dev/sdb17      573734912   647135231    36700160   83  Linux
/dev/sdb18      647137280   665894911     9378816   83  Linux
openSUSE is on sdb2 &3. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

[mhismail]

Wow...I am yet to update mine to 12.1, but reading your post there made me shiver!! Whats the latest? Did you somehow manage to solve that -- on your own -- ie I do not see any response to your problem.