On Monday 13 Apr 2009, William K. Moses Jr. wrote: > --- On Mon, 4/13/09, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Output: > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > > > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Disk identifier: 0x133a1339 > > > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > > > /dev/sda1 1 524 4200997 82 Linux swap > > / > > > > Solaris Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. > > > > /dev/sda2 524 3005 19936634 83 Linux > > > > /dev/sda3 3006 7649 37302930 b W95 FAT32 > > > > /dev/sda4 * 7650 9729 16707600 5 Extended > > > > /dev/sda5 7650 8361 5711107 83 Linux > > > > /dev/sda6 8469 9729 10128951 83 Linux > > > > > > > > Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > > > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > > Disk identifier: 0xcb6ccb6c > > > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > > > /dev/sdb1 * 1 2433 19543041 c W95 FAT32 > > > > (LBA) /dev/sdb2 2434 9729 58605120 f W95 > > > > Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 2434 4866 19543041 b > > > > W95 FAT32 /dev/sdb6 4867 7299 19543041 b > > W95 > > > > FAT32 /dev/sdb7 7300 9729 19518943+ b W95 > > > > FAT32 > > > >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > > > >OK, but you have not identified what is installed in the respective > > disk > > > >partitions as I had asked you to do. > > sda1 - swap > sda2 - Ubuntu 8.04 (/) > sda3 - Windows (H drive) > sda5 - OpenSuSe 11.0 (/home) > sda6 - OpenSuSe 11.0 (/) > > sdb1 - Windows (C drive)sdb5 - Windows (D drive) > sdb6 - Windows (E drive) > sdb7 - Windows (F drive) > > > # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an > > > > existing # linux installation on /dev/sda6. > > > > title SUSE LINUX (on /dev/sda6) > > > > root (hd0,5) > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz > > > >> root=/dev/disk/ by-id/scsi- SATA_ST3808110AS _5LR0BC27- part5 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ > > >Just as I suspected, this is your problem! > > > >change it to root=/dev/sda6 > > Still didn't work. I also tried changing it to > /dev/disk/ by-id/scsi- SATA_ST3808110AS _5LR0BC27- part6but it still > didn't work.
did you also make similar changes for swap= resume= etc.? > Ok, so after all this didn't work, I thought reinstall OpenSuSe and > let it install it's bootloader. Only problem is that that bootloader > won't load, i.e. it's saying bootloader loading... So, next step, > reinstall ubuntu 8.04 for it's bootloader. That bootloader works > fine, but still OpenSuSe isn't loading (blank screen with cursor > blinking at top left corner). If it helps, previously I had OpenSuSe > installed on my system and it was booting fine (along with the grub). > After I installed ubuntu, I started experiencing this problem. Before you take the above steps, what is the content of /boot/grub/device.map both in Ubuntu / partition (sda2) and openSUSE / partition (sda6)? Try the following entries: (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb Another place to make the above changes would be /etc/fstab. -- Arun Khan
