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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Many thanks for the reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Actually 12.1 is not using GRUB 2, at least not yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I can still boot the system into v10.3, but sdd1, the directory where I installed 12.1 is empty! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it’s of any help, I’ve attached the 10.3 menu.lst.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh yes, I didn’t include it in my email, but I only have linux installed on this computer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(614)312-7528 (c)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Skype: smolnar1 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> colug-432-bounces@colug.net [mailto:colug-432-bounces@colug.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>R S Prigan<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Central OH Linux User Group - 432xx<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [colug-432] openSUSE 12.1 GRUB Loading Hangs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have observed difficulties chaining a partition bootsector with GRUB 2 from GRUB Legacy.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Scott<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Stephen P Molnar <<a href="mailto:s.molnar@sbcglobal.net">s.molnar@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I sent the following message to the openSUSE list, but have received no<br>reply. I hope to find help a bit closer to home, hence this message.<br><br>I have a 64bit AMD CPU with 3MB Ram and 4 HD’s and have been running<br>openSUSE11.2 on a the system which boots into either openSUSE 10.3 or 11.2.<br><br>I have just done a new installation of 12.1 from the DVD to the 4th HD on<br>the system with sdd1 as / and hdd2 as home. In fact I had to install the<br>system twice as the first time I didn’t use the auto configuration and for a<br>reason unknown t me the boot hung a rebooting.<br><br>The second time I used the automatic configuration and received neither<br>warning nor error messages during the installation and the system rebooted<br>at the appropriate dime during the installation. I was even able to change<br>the user to root after the installation was complete. However, when I<br>rebooted the system from the root directory the boot process showed:<br><br>GRUB Loading stage 1.5, but hung on<br>GRUB Loading, please wait . . .<br><br>Oh yes, I told the installer to put the boot loader in /, not the MBR.<br><br>I was able to reboot into openSUSE 10.3 by mounting the 11.2 DVD and running<br>the installation process to the repair page. I Can mount the 12.1 DVD on<br>the system<br><br>While I was able to boot into 12.1 it looked as if it was running well.<br><br>Any assistance will be much appreciated.<br><br>Thanks in advance.<br><br><br>Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a<br>fuzzy set<br>Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic<br>and multivariate<br><a href="http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com" target="_blank">http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com</a><br><a href="tel:%28614%29312-7528">(614)312-7528</a> (c)<br>Skype: smolnar1<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>colug-432 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:colug-432@colug.net">colug-432@colug.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432" target="_blank">http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>