Hello everyone, I don't know if anyone ever had similar problem like mine right now or it's already been answer. So I just post it here. My problem is like this: I have xp and suse 9.2 on the same machine, same HDD. It was running fine for a long time already, over a year. One day (a couple days ago), windows crashed badly that I had to reinstall xp on that partition. And now whenever I boot up, it goes directly to xp and skip GRUB. I would like to get back into my old suse9.2 but I don't know how 'cause there's no boot loader. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hello!

Use CD#1 or DVD to boot linux and repair the bootloader.

Greetings

Umm, okay. So I used Suse CD #1 and reboot the machine. I chose Rescure mode or something like that. I could log in but I don't know how to fix the bootloader. So what should I do or modify?
Do I need to change any files?
Where to look for the file(s) to modify?
and how should I modify it to be???
Thank you for answering.

hi, ' thdm ', and all, i have ABSOLUTELY THE SAME Problem...........

Please HELP ME

, i have to install Win xp time to time,

but i can't survive without Linux too.

So please tell me once in DETAIL that how to get back older (Installed ) Linux on the same HDD and on the same Linux Partition.

In other words, how can i install GRUB successfully without installing the FULL SuSE 10.0 x86_64 Edition Linux on the Same HDD.

THANKS.

I hope like all older replies , you will also give me pertinant Reply too this time.

Regards.

Okay.

A.
1. Boot the installed system with CD#1 or DVD ("Boot installed system")
2. start yast2
3. yast2->system->bootloader
4. bootloader installation

B.
1. start a new installation
2. Mode Repair
3. Reinstall the bootloader

GRUB and LILO always conflict with Windows. And GNU GRUB is not so robust, causing many problems during boot.

So try GRUB for DOS please. It is a cross-platform boot loader based on GNU GRUB. The GRUB.EXE can be started from DOS/Win9x; and GRLDR can be started from BOOT.INI of Windows NT/2K/XP/2003; and even more, the GRUB.EXE can be started from LINUX via the KEXEC tool.

By using GRUB.EXE or GRLDR, you don't have to touch your MBR. It is the safest way coexisting with DOS/Windows.

You needn't install GRUB for DOS. Just run GRUB.EXE from DOS, or append a line of "C:\GRLDR=START GRUB" into your BOOT.INI(restart and select the "START GRUB" menu item), that will do.

Download GRUB for DOS here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/grub4dos/

There is a fat12grldr.img file with the GRUB for DOS release. You can create a GRUB bootable floppy with this fat12grldr.img file.

Or, you can just copy GRUB.EXE to your DOS floppy and run GRUB.EXE to enter the GRUB environment.