Bug 105551 - machine fails to boot after beta 1 -> beta 2 upgrade
Summary: machine fails to boot after beta 1 -> beta 2 upgrade
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 2
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Major
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Assignee: Torsten Duwe
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Reported: 2005-08-18 14:44 UTC by James Willcox
Modified: 2005-09-02 10:12 UTC (History)
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Description James Willcox 2005-08-18 14:44:29 UTC 
I upgraded from beta 1 to beta 2 yesterday, and then rebooted.  I got a grub
menu screen, and hit 'enter' to boot the normal configuration.  After that, I
get a grub Error 18.  This is on a Thinkpad T40p.  I was able to workaround the
issue by splitting my swap partition up (which was at the front of the disk) to
make a /boot partition, and putting stuff there.
Comment 1 Torsten Duwe 2005-08-18 14:58:45 UTC 
Look for the "rescue partition" or so item in your BIOS setup. Disable that 
(as you most likely have already scratched that anyways). 
 
These Thikpads are well-known troublemakers.
Comment 2 James Willcox 2005-08-18 15:13:30 UTC 
I had already disabled the rescue partition stuff, it did not help.
Comment 3 Torsten Duwe 2005-08-18 15:38:21 UTC 
Then the next thing is to provide me with the BIOS disk  
geometry, /etc/grub.conf and fdisk -l output (see Bug #103031) and maybe 
an MBR dump.
Comment 4 Torsten Duwe 2005-09-02 10:12:37 UTC 
2 weeks without the info, so I guess it's fixed now.