Problem Dual booting on laptop.

[smurfy]

Hello

Iv got a problem, im currently dual booting Windows XP and Linux on my laptop.
Windows XP is installed on the laptops internal harddrive while OpenSuse 10.2 is installed to a external harddrive, im using grub to dual boot from the MBR of the internal harddrive.

The problem is i need windows to be able to boot without the USB external drive plugged in but when i try this i get an Error from Grub "Error 5".

I take it this is because there are files used by grub on the external drive?
Any ideas on what i can do to get round this.

Iv also tryed installing grub on the /boot partition of the external harddrive however when i try and boot from the external drive im told there is no boot sector.

[devils casper]

first of all remove grub from internal harddisk.
boot up from Windows Installation CD, select 'repair' and execute 'fixmbr'.

plug-in External Harddisk and boot up from SuSe installation CD/DVD and select 'Installation' option. select Upgrade in next screen. in Boot Loader section, select 'install in MBR of /dev/hdb'. click on next, next ...
select External disk as 'first boot device' in BIOS.

in case, it doesn't work, boot up SuSe through Installation CD/DVD, select Boot from HardDisk and execute 'fdisk -l' in terminal/konsole. post output here.




Casper

[smurfy]

many thanks, everything is working well.