Steve Holdoway wrote:
> I've got a multi-boot system onto which I've just added opensuse 10.2. Now, I
> may have missed an option, but...
>
> 1. It overwrote the existing ubuntu grub.
> 2. After reinstating the ubuntu grub and updating the menu.lst to include
> opensust, it gets halfway and fails.
>
> The approach of not installing a bootloader and updating the ubuntu one works
> fine for fc6, debian sarge and freebsd so far, so what's so special about
> opensuse?
>
> Steve
>
I can't answer your question directly, however your examination of my
functional (only dual boot sorry) opensuse menu.lst may shed some light
on the situation?
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Jan 12 09:29:44 NZDT 2007
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,7)/boot/message
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title openSUSE 10.2
root (hd1,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb8 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda6
splash=silent showopts elevator=
initrd /boot/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.2
root (hd1,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb8 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma
apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen###
title XEN
root (hd1,7)
kernel /boot/xen.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/sdb8 vga=0x31a resume=/dev/sda6
splash=silent showopts
module /boot/initrd-xen
