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Old 02-18-2005, 11:15 AM   #1
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Angry Can't figure out why my Suse 9.2 disk won't boot


I recently downloaded Suse 9.2 iso and burned it to a DVD. However, when I try to boot from it, my disk is basically ignored and it goes into it's default boot into GRUB. HELP!


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Old 02-19-2005, 12:52 AM   #2
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check your BIOS to see if it set to boot the HD first.

Does the BIOS messages state that "Boot from CD.....failed"
 
Old 02-19-2005, 02:42 PM   #3
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No, it doesn't. It just switches over to standard boot. I just tried my originaly boxed version DVD of Suse linux pro 9.0 and it worked fine. Thus I guess it must be my disk. It says it is recording the iso image and the files are all there......But it doesn't want to boot.
 
Old 02-19-2005, 03:16 PM   #4
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I had another posting that was just found for me where someone suggested I try a new disk because he had a similar problem. I think I might try that.
 
Old 02-20-2005, 12:08 AM   #5
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It was a bad DVD after all. Thank you so much for your help!

I don't supose anyone might know how to re-partition my hard-drive so I can put 9.2 on it?
 
Old 02-20-2005, 03:05 PM   #6
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You can repartition your hard drive and resize the Windows partition during the 9.2 installation.

I didn't have to resize the Windows partition so I don't have any experience of that but I did configure my Linux partitions during the 9.2 install and it worked fine.
 
Old 02-21-2005, 12:01 PM   #7
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Ok....Thanks, Grouge.
 
  


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