Dear All

I wanted to install openSUSE on my computer. i presently use the GRUB installed by ubuntu 10.04 for switching between os. How can i add OpenSUSE to this GRUB. or please tell me if any other methods available








regards

Dalfish

If you have the standard GRUB of Ubuntu 10.4 than it is GRUB .
You wont to use Ubuntu Grub to load Opensuse so are going to install Opensuse GRUB on her root partition .
That is possible but you to tell tro installer of opensuse
After that in terminal of Ubuntu run the commant sudo su update-Grub

1) Create a partition for OpenSuse (if you don't already have one)
2) Install suse to that partition
3) When asked to install the bootloader, choose to install it to the / (root) partition, not the mbr
4) Reboot.
5) See if there is a choice in your grub boot menu. Grub may or may not automagically find the suse partition. If it does, your done. If it doesn't, boot to ubuntu and follow the instructions on this page to add it.

Good luck and post back if you hit a snag!

i tried using the live cd of opensuse opensuse suggested partioning methods is dangerous. it suggests to delete the ubuntu root partion. tells to create a home partion of 20gb which is the space reserved for opensuse while partiitoning the harddisk. My hardisk already has xp ubuntu. how can i safely install opensuse into my hdd. the custom partion would delete the mbr rendering the windows unbootable. Please suggest safe ways to partition and install opensuse

It's been a year-and-a-half or so since I installed openSuse, but most modern distros let you choose 'custom' or 'expert' install options that let you choose exactly what partition you want to install to. You'll need to use one of these options to avoid writing over any existing installs.

Please post the output of: so we can see how your disk is currently partitioned.

Please find the output of fdisk -l


Disk /dev/sda: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x90909090

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1912 15358108+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 1913 7390 43999013+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 7390 10012 21060522 a5 FreeBSD
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 1913 3442 12289693+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6 3443 5639 17647371 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda7 5640 5883 1952768 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 5883 6515 5076992 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 6515 7390 7029760 83 Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:~$


where /dev/sda8 is the ubuntu /home partition and /dev/sda9 is ubuntu / partition i want to install OPensuse into the Free BSD partition /dev/sda3