Re: [SLE] must boot from suse 10 DVD

On Monday 30 January 2006 16:24, S Glasoe wrote:
> On Monday 30 January 2006 2:16 pm, Gracia M. Littauer wrote:
> > SuSE version 10..clean install a few months ago
> > SATA 160GB HD - 4 partitions xfs
> >
> > no major problems until last wk....I think the was an unnoticed
> > quick power outage; I'm plugged into a APC surge stripe. Everything
> > but the cpu was on.
> >
> > when I tried to reboot I get a little groan from my HD & a black
> > screen with <GRUB loading Stage2.....> on the upper left side and
> > no HD activity.
>
> Sounds like the hard drive is dying. Get the Ultimate Boot CD
> (ultimatebootcd.com) and run the drive tests from the manufacturer of
> your hard drive. Well worth the download for those diagnostics alone
> plus it has tons of other software for inspecting systems.
>
> That test may tell you whether the drive is dying or if it has other
> problems.
>
> > I can boot from the SuSE 10 DVD by going to <other> in the option
> > page & choosing <from installed system>. I tried <repair>, but it
> > can't find any mounted partitions! this even though it boots from
> > them. Yast shows them.
> >
> > We reinstalled the kernel, rewrote mbr, checked the bios, checked
> > logs, checked /etc/fstab, checked my sanity!
> >
> > Any ideas, short of a new clean install & a 1500+ watt UPS!!!
>
> Clean install to a spare drive while this one gets RMA'd under
> warranty?
>
> > --
> > Gracia
>
> Stan
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Not the hard drive Stan. Remember it runs fine once you get past a
certain point with the DVD. Once booted, no problems, no errors, all
seems to work as before. It just won't boot from Grub on the hard
drive. It also says it can't find any suitable Linux partitions when
she goes into the repair mode, yet there they are, same as before.
Really odd problem.

Lee

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