Re: Boot Problems

From: Charles Prince (s_p_a_m_t_r_a_p_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 11:46:53 +0100

On Sat, 08 May 2004 09:21:47 +0000, cc wrote:

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> Charles;
> I wish I was getting an error message but there is none. I dont know he
> name of the patch. I check every few days if there are any security
> patches. This particular patch only came out a few days ago and it said
> it was fixing some security problems in kernel.

Kernels are the one thing I never upgrade via yast but instead download
the source and recompile.

> The boot problems started a about a month ago, I was just merging the
> mbr in Suse. It stopped working.

This sounds much like a mbr problem. Try going in to windows and fixing
the mbr by using fdisk /mbr. Then see if the system boots windows.

The reason I say use windows first is because you are comfortable with it
and it seems that you have managed to screw your linux grub installation.

If it does I would then go into the linux system using the recovery/repair
options and reinstall grub to the mbr after first thoroughly checking the
grub settings.

You can always post your grub here for us to check for you before you
attempt the installation.

> I have two 40 gig hard drives xp pro on the first and suse 9.0 on the
> second. Athlon XP 1800.

I don't use atholon's so am not sure if there are any problems with that.

> Actually for the past couple of weeks I have been considering the bios
> problem. I have been thinking about flashing the bios to see if that
> works. I could always get another mother board if I have to. That is a
> big job though and sometimes causes other problems, I get through them

It's unlikely that if you had a working system that your bios or m/board
are suddenly wrong.

This is more probably due to patches that you have loaded or configuration
changes you have made.

> easily on windows but I am new to linux. I am trying to phase out windows.

Now statements like "I'm trying to phase out windows" will always receive
a lot of help from us here :-)

>
> Charlie

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