[colug-432] openSUSE 12.1 GRUB Loading Hangs

[Stephen P Molnar]

Many thanks for the reply.

 

Actually 12.1 is not using GRUB 2, at least not yet.

 

I can still boot the system into v10.3, but sdd1, the directory where I
installed 12.1 is empty! 

 

If it's of any help, I've attached the 10.3 menu.lst.

 

Oh yes, I didn't include it in my email, but I only have linux installed on
this computer.

 

Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                                          Life is a
fuzzy set

Foundation for Chemistry                                         Stochastic
and multivariate

http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com

(614)312-7528 (c)

Skype:  smolnar1 

 

From: colug-432-bounces at colug.net [mailto:colug-432-bounces at colug.net] On
Behalf Of R S Prigan
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:21 AM
To: Central OH Linux User Group - 432xx
Subject: Re: [colug-432] openSUSE 12.1 GRUB Loading Hangs

 

I have observed difficulties chaining a partition bootsector with GRUB 2
from GRUB Legacy.

 

Try booting into the new 12.1 by using your existing grub command line
(setting root, kernel, initrd appropriately), then install Grub legacy in
place of GRUB 2 in the 12.1 install.

 

Scott

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Stephen P Molnar <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

I sent the following message to the openSUSE list, but have received no
reply.  I hope to find help a bit closer to home, hence this message.

I have a 64bit AMD CPU with 3MB Ram and 4 HD's and have been running
openSUSE11.2 on a the system which boots into either openSUSE 10.3 or 11.2.

I have just done a new installation of 12.1 from the DVD to the 4th HD on
the system with sdd1 as / and hdd2 as home.  In fact I had to install the
system twice as the first time I didn't use the auto configuration and for a
reason unknown t me the boot hung a rebooting.

The second time I used the automatic configuration and received neither
warning nor error messages during the installation and the system rebooted
at the appropriate dime during the installation.  I was even able to change
the user to root after the installation was complete.  However, when I
rebooted the system from the root directory the boot process showed:

GRUB Loading stage 1.5,  but hung on
GRUB Loading, please wait . . .

Oh yes, I told the installer to put the boot loader in /, not the MBR.

I was able to reboot into openSUSE 10.3 by mounting the 11.2 DVD and running
the installation process to the repair page.  I Can mount the 12.1 DVD on
the system

While I was able to boot into 12.1 it looked as if it was running well.

Any assistance will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.


Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                                          Life is a
fuzzy set
Foundation for Chemistry                                         Stochastic
and multivariate
http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com
(614)312-7528 <tel:%28614%29312-7528>  (c)
Skype:  smolnar1




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