[Novalug] OpenSuse 10.3 dual boot problems

[George Stone]

Hi, all!

I've upgraded to OpenSuse 10.3 and am having trouble with Grub allowing me to boot "that other OS". 

I've got two HDDs.  HDA has Vista (HDA1) and Grub (HDA2).  HDB has Open Suse 10.3.  

Here's what my Grub menu looks like:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Nov  4 19:43:10 EST 2007
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,6)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
    root (hd1,6)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_SP1213C0694J1FX306063-part7 resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:  openSUSE 10.2 (/dev/sdb5)###
title openSUSE 10.2 (/dev/sdb5)
    rootnoverify (hd1,6)
    chainloader (hd1,4)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:  openSUSE 10.3 (/dev/sdb6)###
title openSUSE 10.3 (/dev/sdb6)
    rootnoverify (hd1,6)
    chainloader (hd1,5)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd1,6)
    chainloader (hd0,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
    rootnoverify (hd1,6)
    chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3
    root (hd1,6)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_SP1213C0694J1FX306063-part7 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off  3
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Kernel-2.6.22.9-0.4-default###
title Kernel-2.6.22.9-0.4-default
    root (hd1,6)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_SP1213C0694J1FX306063-part7 resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-default


Here's what my fdisk output shows:

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14596 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1       14595   117234306    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2   *       14596       14596        8032+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14596 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x13771376

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1         262     2104483+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2             263        2873    20972857+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb3            2874       14596    94164997+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5            2874        5484    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sdb6            5485        8095    20972826   83  Linux
/dev/sdb7            8096       10695    20884468+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb8           10696       14596    31334751   83  Linux
linux-ufq7:/ #

Note that sda is not activated for booting.  I've tried to activate it in Yast but it doesn't take.

Any ideas to resolve this would be most appreciated!






George Stone