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]
