You probably had partition on fstab with was on on broken hardisk and system vcannot mount it
check your /etc/fstab for it you can paste here you fstab Dnia piątek 19 październik 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] napisał: > Hi fazer, > > Thank you for the reply, > > But i probably didn't explain my problem correctly. When I boot from > the DVD and choose other then boot installed system, the system starts > and stop in the middle with a prompt for root password. > I can see everything in my / partition but I can't go to /home > (separate partition). > > Any idea ? > > Thank you > > fazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > To fast acces to opensuse I prefer to run system from instalation > > CD/DVD and when you asked to update or new install chose other and > > boot instaled system > > > > After boot you go to TaST and bootloadre module and install new one :) > > > > > > Dnia 19 października 2007 14:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > napisał(a): > >> Hi > >> > >> I have a BIG problem. > >> > >> I have a brand new Dell with 2 sata drive. > >> I installed Opensuse 10.3 on /dev/sdb while WinXp was installed > >> (factory) on dev/sda/ > >> Everything went smoothly and I spent 2 days to install and recover > >> data from my old PC > >> (dead). > >> > >> However, after 2 days, S.M.A.R.T indicated that dev/sda was dying. > >> (the drive with Windows and... grub on the MBR). > >> Dell promptly send a new disk, and I replaced the faulty one. > >> > >> This drive has nothing on it. > >> > >> I thought that, booting on the SuSe 10.3 dvd and opening a root > >> console to reinstall grub > >> would do the trick. I did that once, when I upgraded a dual boot > >> machine from win 2000 to > >> win XP and had to restore the MBR. > >> > >> So i booted from the dvd, choosed installation,>more option, >boot > >> existing system > >> > >> The installer found my / partition (dev/sdb1) but stop before > >> allowing GUI. > >> It asked for a root password. I gave it and had a prompt. > >> > >> then i typed : > >> grub > >> find /boot/grub/stage1 /// found (hd1,0) which is correct (dev /sdb1) > >> root (hd1,0) > >> setup (hd0) > >> quit > >> > >> I rebooted and nothing !!! > >> > >> What did i missed ? > >> Should i install grub ? ie grub-install hd0 ? I thought the previous > >> command would do it ? > >> Should I install windoz on dev/sda ? > >> Should I install opensuse 10.3 on dev/sda and during installation > >> choose /dev/sdb3 as home directory ? > >> Should I install Opensuse 10.3 on dev/sda and then move all the data > >> from /dev/sdb ? > >> > >> the two last seems to be great ideas, however, it means that I will > >> have to start again > >> all the installation !! How safe is the second one ? > >> > >> > >> I really need to boot the installed system very quickly !!! > >> > >> Thank you for your help. > >> > >> Matthias > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
