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:
GRUB Loading stage1.5
Grub loading, please wait...
Error 21
At which point everything grinds to a standstill.
Restart from the installation DVD and finalize the installation via the
"Other Options -> Boot Installed System" option. Then I can log in to a
fully operational KDE desktop, where everything appears to be working
perfectly.
The GRUB files read:
/boot/grub/device.map
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
/boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Jan 18 08:55:09 EST 2008
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,5)/boot/message
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default
root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250824A_5ND3YLCZ-part6 vga=0x317
resume=/dev/sdb5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (fd0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default
root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250824A_5ND3YLCZ-part6 vga=normal
showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default
/etc/grun.conf
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd1,5)
quit
Have checked the BIOS and hardware jumpers are set correctly.
I have never experienced any GRUB issues with any previous installs,
consequently I have not had reason to educate myself about GRUB
configuration. I have unsuccessfully searched for and tried a few
Googled suggestions. I need to get this machine back to my colleague
soon and I would hate to hand it back as a Windows only box.
Can any of you folks here help me out with this?
TIA
Dave
Dave,
Do you have a BIOS setting that allows you to set your second hard
drive a "bootable" as well. I know you said you checked the BIOS, but it
would be worth another look to see if that setting is present. I have a
Gigabyte board that requires the drives to be specifically set as
bootable to be able to boot from those drives.
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