Re: [opensuse] Grub Error 21

[Dave Barton]

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Subject: Re:[opensuse] Grub Error 21
From: David C. Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: suse <opensuse@opensuse.org>
Date: Fri 18 Jan 2008 10:27:54 EST

James Knott wrote:

Dave Barton wrote:

I have just upgraded a PC for a colleague, who, after much badgering and
encouragement, conceded to have a dual boot install of OpenSUSE 10.3
on a second drive. Installed XP Pro on hd0, no problem. Created a
FAT32 partition on hd1 using 50% of the disk capacity, leaving
remainder unallocated for Linux partitions. Booted to the 10.3
installation DVD and the install to hd1, including on-line updates,
went perfectly, until the first reboot, where I get:

Though I don't recall the exact details, I had a similar problem last
year.  IIRC, after booting with the CD and then boot installed system, I

went into Yast and changed where Grub started the installed SUSE from. I think I had to specifiy the actual partition or something like that.

grub-install /dev/sda

reboot

I ran into this not long ago. If I recall, the only thing required to fix it was to boot from the dvd, drop to a console as root and type

Regards

Dave

Thanks for the suggestion David. I have already tried that option, but it didn't work for me.

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