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SuseLinux103:/home/ni # mount /dev/sdb5 /mnt/mandriva
SuseLinux103:/home/ni #

grub> find /boot/vmlinuz
find /boot/vmlinuz
(hd1,7)
grub>
-----------------------------
I hope the above is fine.

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Code:

ni@SuseLinux103:~> su root

Password:

SuseLinux103:/home/ni # cd /mnt/mandriva

SuseLinux103:/mnt/mandriva # cd /boot

SuseLinux103:/boot # cd grub

SuseLinux103:/boot/grub # ls

default        e2fs_stage1_5  iso9660_stage1_5  menu.lst.old      stage1        vstafs_stage1_5

device.map      fat_stage1_5  jfs_stage1_5      minix_stage1_5    stage2        xfs_stage1_5

device.map.old  ffs_stage1_5  menu.lst          reiserfs_stage1_5  ufs2_stage1_5

SuseLinux103:/boot/grub # vi menu.lst

SuseLinux103:/boot/grub #

...................................................

Code:

title linux suggested by yancek

kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a resume=UUID=743165

c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img

As you see, I opened open SuSE 10.3 and attached the 'mandriva'.

I made the minor changed you suggested. I just inserted (hd0,4)

I rebooted the computer and selected the following from the menu.

'title linux suggested by yancek'

The following is the error message:

Code:

kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a resume=UUID=743165

c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c splash=silent vga=788

Error 15: File not found

Press any key ...

Your results for the output of the grub geometry commands don't fit with your partitions. You have a vmlinuz file in (hd1,7) and in (hd1,2), your Opensuse and Ubuntu partitions. There Should be another for Mandriva in (hd1,4), why that doesn't show ??? When you mount Mandriva, you can see the files with the "ls" command??

I believe you have already tried having the stanza in Opensuse menu.lst for Mandriva of (hd1,4) and it didn't work. Might try that again?

What do you have on sda, the Linux partitions? I'm not sure what else to try now.

This is just an idea, because I don't want to intrude on your excellent troubleshooting efforts, yancek; but it might help to see the output of meierfra's boot_info_script.txt in order to help pinpoint Gin's booting problem. If you are interested in running the script, Gins, how about downloading the "boot_info_script.txt" to your desktop, and then do the following as root user, but replace <username> with your username:

Code:

bash /home/<username>/Desktop/boot_info_script.txt

That will create a "RESULTS.txt" file in the same directory from where the script is run, namely your desktop; please copy/paste the contents of that file to your next post. That will help clarify your setup and hopefully what your booting problem might be.

Earlier you posted your menu.lst file from Mandriva. All of the entries in Mandriva showed your partitions as (hd0) in Grub, Mandriva (hd0,4), Ubuntu (hd0,2), Opensuse (hd0,7). Your Ubuntu and Opensuse menu.lst files show all these entries as (hd1). Also, as I indicated in my last post, there is a problem with the grub commands which do not see the Mandriva boot files! Since grub does not see the files, there is no way for grub to boot Mandriva.

Did you change the boot order between Opensuse install and Mandriva install?

Try the script CJS suggests in his post.

I did what CJS suggested. It resulted a long .txt file

I tried invain to send it as an attached file. The result is from open SuSE 10.3. I didn't mount Mandriva

SuseLinux103:/home/ni # bash /home/ni/Desktop/boot_info_script.txt
Finished. The results are in the file RESULTS.txt located in /home/ni/Desktop
SuseLinux103:/home/ni #

How do I send/past it here?

It exceeds 25000 characters and impossible to past here.

You could split up the output into two posts if you want. Also, when you copy/paste the results into the message box, be sure to highlight it and click the little pound sign # graphic in the forum message box to put code tags around the text for easier viewing.

CJS
I will split it immediately and post here.

Code:

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================



 => Grub is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on boot drive #2 in 

    partition #8 for its boot files.

 => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb



sda1: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      Extended Partition



sda2: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ntfs

    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista

    Boot sector info:  The info in boot sector on the starting sector of the 

                      MFT is wrong. The info in the boot sector on the 

                      starting sector of the MFT Mirror is wrong.

    Mounting failed:

mount: /dev/sda2 already mounted or sda2 busy

mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda2 is mounted on /windows/C



sda5: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  No Boot Loader

    Boot sector info:      Operating System:  

    Boot files/dirs:  

sda6: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  No Boot Loader

    Boot sector info:      Operating System:  

    Boot files/dirs:  

sda7: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  No Boot Loader

    Boot sector info:      Operating System:  

    Boot files/dirs:  

sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ntfs

    Boot sector type:  Windows XP

    Boot sector info:  The info in boot sector on the starting sector of the 

                      MFT is wrong. The info in the boot sector on the 

                      starting sector of the MFT Mirror is wrong.

    Mounting failed:

mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or sdb1 busy

mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is mounted on /windows/D



sdb2: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ntfs

    Boot sector type:  Windows XP

    Boot sector info:  The info in boot sector on the starting sector of the 

                      MFT is wrong. The info in the boot sector on the 

                      starting sector of the MFT Mirror is wrong.

    Mounting failed:

mount: /dev/sdb2 already mounted or sdb2 busy

mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb2 is mounted on /windows/E



sdb3: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  No Boot Loader

    Boot sector info:      Operating System:  Ubuntu 8.04

    Boot files/dirs:  /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot /boot/grub



sdb4: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      Extended Partition



sdb5: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  Grub

    Boot sector info:  Grub is installed to the boot sector of /dev/sdb5 and 

                      looks at sector 739659005 of the same hard drive for 

                      the stage2 file (a stage2 file is at this location on 

                      /dev/sdb) and on partition #1 for menu.lst.

    Operating System:  

    Boot files/dirs:  /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot /boot/grub



sdb6: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  No Boot Loader

    Boot sector info:      Operating System:  

    Boot files/dirs:  

sdb7: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      swap



sdb8: _________________________________________________________________________



    File system:      ext3

    Boot sector type:  No Boot Loader

    Boot sector info:      Operating System:  Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (i586) - Kernel

    Boot files/dirs:  /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab /boot /boot/grub



=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Code:

Drive sda: _____________________________________________________________________



fdisk -lu /dev/sda:



Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x24312430



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sda1          16065  432341279  216162607+  5  Extended

/dev/sda2  *  432343040  488394751    28025856    7  HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sda5          16128  143862074    71922973+  83  Linux

/dev/sda6      143862138  289716209    72927036  83  Linux

/dev/sda7      289716273  432341279    71312503+  83  Linux



sfdisk -V /dev/sda:



Warning: partition 2 extends past end of disk



Drive sdb: _____________________________________________________________________



fdisk -lu /dev/sdb:



Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0xdd98dd98



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sdb1  *          63  209760704  104880321    7  HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sdb2      209760705  365061059    77650177+  7  HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sdb3      365061060  511445339    73192140  83  Linux

/dev/sdb4      511445340  959851619  224203140    5  Extended

/dev/sdb5      655291413  799137359    71922973+  83  Linux

/dev/sdb6      799137423  942983369    71922973+  83  Linux

/dev/sdb7      942983433  959851619    8434093+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sdb8      511445466  655291349    71922942  83  Linux



Partition table entries are not in disk order



sfdisk -V /dev/sdb:



Warning: partition 5 does not start at a cylinder boundary



blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________



/dev/sda2: UUID="290058290057E03" TYPE="ntfs" 

/dev/sda5: LABEL="Linux5" UUID="7e99b107-7ea3-a85d-99a1-b6b7d63875f0" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 

/dev/sda6: LABEL="Linux6" UUID="3cc445e0-9203-4c4d-790b-e968b2b2ff8e" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 

/dev/sda7: LABEL="Linux7" UUID="7086cf99-e968-2aa4-18d9-c97778e0daf0" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 

/dev/sdb1: UUID="CE1D3FDB434D957C" LABEL="Windows 200" TYPE="ntfs" 

/dev/sdb2: UUID="7C1596897D349719" LABEL="Windows Vis" TYPE="ntfs" 

/dev/sdb3: UUID="c5fb4ab5-6767-44e8-b89a-6383b86e2bad" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 

/dev/sdb5: LABEL="Linux3" UUID="6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 

/dev/sdb6: LABEL="Linux4" UUID="513bed05-4400-974b-8ed3-085c7928928e" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 

/dev/sdb7: TYPE="swap" UUID="743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c" 

/dev/sdb8: UUID="ea708229-6c8b-4f64-a93b-59bee3c3fbcd" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 



=============================== "mount" output: ===============================



/dev/sdb8 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)

udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5)

/dev/sda2 on /windows/C type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)

/dev/sdb1 on /windows/D type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)

/dev/sdb2 on /windows/E type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096)

securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)



=========================== sdb3/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================



# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)

#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),

#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub

#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.



## default num

# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and

# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.

#

# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry

# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.

# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your

# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.

default                0



## timeout sec

# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry

# (normally the first entry defined).

timeout                30



## hiddenmenu

# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)

#hiddenmenu



# Pretty colours

#color cyan/blue white/blue



## password ['--md5'] passwd

# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing

# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the

# command 'lock'

# e.g. password topsecret

#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/

# password topsecret



#

# examples

#

# title                Windows 95/98/NT/2000

# root                (hd0,0)

# makeactive

# chainloader        +1

#

# title                Linux

# root                (hd0,1)

# kernel        /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro

#



#

# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST



### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified

## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below



## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs



## ## Start Default Options ##

## default kernel options

## default kernel options for automagic boot options

## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z

## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.

## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro

##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro

##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro

# kopt=root=UUID=c5fb4ab5-6767-44e8-b89a-6383b86e2bad ro



## Setup crashdump menu entries

## e.g. crashdump=1

# crashdump=0



## default grub root device

## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)

# groot=(hd1,2)



## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options

## e.g. alternative=true

##      alternative=false

# alternative=true



## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options

## e.g. lockalternative=true

##      lockalternative=false

# lockalternative=false



## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the

## alternatives

## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5

# defoptions=quiet splash



## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options

## e.g. lockold=false

##      lockold=true

# lockold=false



## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option

# xenhopt=



## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option

# xenkopt=console=tty0



## altoption boot targets option

## multiple altoptions lines are allowed

## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options

##      altoptions=(recovery) single

# altoptions=(recovery mode) single



## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst

## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the

## alternative kernel options

## e.g. howmany=all

##      howmany=7

# howmany=all



## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option

## e.g. memtest86=true

##      memtest86=false

# memtest86=true



## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system

## can be true or false

# updatedefaultentry=false



## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options

## can be true or false

# savedefault=false



## ## End Default Options ##



title                Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic

root                (hd1,2)

kernel                /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=c5fb4ab5-6767-44e8-b89a-6383b86e2bad ro quiet splash

initrd                /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

quiet



title                Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)

root                (hd1,2)

kernel                /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=c5fb4ab5-6767-44e8-b89a-6383b86e2bad ro single

initrd                /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic



title                Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+

root                (hd1,2)

kernel                /boot/memtest86+.bin

quiet



title Mandriva 2009

root    (hd1,4)

configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst

Code:

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST



# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian

# ones.

title                Other operating systems:

root





# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS

# on /dev/sda2

title                Windows 2008 Server

root                (hd0,1)

savedefault

makeactive

chainloader        +1





title          Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)

root            (hd0,2)

savedefault

makeactive

chainloader    +1



















=============================== sdb3/etc/fstab: ===============================



# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>  <type>  <options>      <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc          proc    defaults        0      0

# /dev/sdb3

UUID=c5fb4ab5-6767-44e8-b89a-6383b86e2bad /              ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0      1

# /dev/sdb8

UUID=743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c none            swap    sw              0      0

/dev/scd0      /media/cdrom0  udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0      0

/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0      0



================================== sdb3/boot: ==================================



total 18284

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 2008-12-21 00:28 .

drwxr-xr-x 21 root root    4096 2008-12-21 00:28 ..

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  422607 2008-04-10 18:51 abi-2.6.24-16-generic

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  79964 2008-04-10 18:51 config-2.6.24-16-generic

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 2008-12-28 22:21 grub

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 7889191 2008-12-21 00:28 initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 7349268 2008-04-22 20:00 initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic.bak

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  103204 2007-09-28 12:06 memtest86+.bin

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  899892 2008-04-10 18:51 System.map-2.6.24-16-generic

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1904248 2008-04-10 18:51 vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic



=============================== sdb3/boot/grub: ===============================



total 240

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2008-12-28 22:21 .

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 2008-12-21 00:28 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    197 2008-12-21 00:28 default

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    30 2008-12-21 00:28 device.map

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8056 2008-12-21 00:28 e2fs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7904 2008-12-21 00:28 fat_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    16 2008-12-21 00:28 installed-version

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8608 2008-12-21 00:28 jfs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4755 2008-12-28 22:21 menu.lst

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16384 2008-12-26 23:49 .menu.lst.swo

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  20480 2008-12-20 22:48 .menu.lst.swp

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7324 2008-12-21 00:28 minix_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9632 2008-12-21 00:28 reiserfs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 2008-12-21 00:28 stage1

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108356 2008-12-21 00:28 stage2

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9276 2008-12-21 00:28 xfs_stage1_5



=========================== sdb5/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================



timeout 10

color black/cyan yellow/cyan

gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/gfxmenu

default 0



title linux

kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a  resume=UUID=743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img



title linux-nonfb

kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a  resume=UUID=743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c

initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img



title failsafe

kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a  failsafe

initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img



title windows

root (hd0,0)

makeactive

chainloader +1



title windows1

root (hd0,1)

makeactive

chainloader +1



title Ubuntu 8.04 

root (hd0,2)

configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst



title openSUSE 10.3 (i586)

VERSION = 10.3

root (hd0,7)

configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst



=============================== sdb5/etc/fstab: ===============================



# Entry for /dev/sdb5 :

UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a / ext3 relatime 1 1

/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,flush 0 0

# Entry for /dev/sda2 :

UUID=0290058290057E03 /mnt/win_c ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

# Entry for /dev/sdb1 :

UUID=CE1D3FDB434D957C /mnt/win_c2 ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

# Entry for /dev/sdb2 :

UUID=7C1596897D349719 /mnt/win_d ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

# Entry for /dev/sdb7 :

UUID=743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c swap swap defaults 0 0



================================== sdb5/boot: ==================================



total 7180

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 2008-12-26 22:00 .

drwxr-xr-x 20 root    4    4096 2008-12-26 21:56 ..

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  96667 2008-10-02 12:28 config-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  483840 2008-12-26 22:05 gfxmenu

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 2008-12-26 22:00 grub

-rw-------  1 root root 3693116 2008-12-26 21:59 initrd-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb.img

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      35 2008-12-26 21:59 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb.img

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      35 2008-12-26 21:50 initrd-server.img -> initrd-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb.img

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  880280 2008-10-02 12:28 System.map-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      32 2008-12-26 21:58 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2156112 2008-10-02 12:28 vmlinuz-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      32 2008-12-26 21:50 vmlinuz-server -> vmlinuz-2.6.27-server-0.rc8.2mnb



=============================== sdb5/boot/grub: ===============================



total 256

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2008-12-26 22:00 .

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 2008-12-26 22:00 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    45 2008-12-26 22:00 device.map

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8896 2008-12-26 22:00 e2fs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8576 2008-12-26 22:00 fat_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7712 2008-12-26 22:00 ffs_stage1_5

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    117 2008-12-26 22:00 install.sh

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9216 2008-12-26 22:00 iso9660_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9632 2008-12-26 22:00 jfs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    897 2008-12-26 22:00 menu.lst

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    223 2008-08-06 19:37 menu.lst.example

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7936 2008-12-26 22:00 minix_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10720 2008-12-26 22:00 reiserfs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 2008-12-26 22:00 stage1

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122186 2008-12-26 22:00 stage2

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8000 2008-12-26 22:00 ufs2_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7264 2008-12-26 22:00 vstafs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10312 2008-12-26 22:00 xfs_stage1_5



=========================== sdb8/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================



# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Dec 21 17:14:18 CET 2008

default 0

timeout 30

gfxmenu (hd1,7)/boot/message



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:  Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (/dev/sdb3)###

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (/dev/sdb3)

    root (hd1,2)

    configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst

    configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###

title openSUSE 10.3

    root (hd1,7)

    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part8 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sdb7 splash=silent showopts

    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###

title windows 1

    rootnoverify (hd1,7)

    chainloader (hd0,1)+1



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2###

title windows 2

    rootnoverify (hd1,7)

    chainloader (hd1,0)+1



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 3###

title windows 3

    rootnoverify (hd1,7)

    chainloader (hd1,1)+1



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###

title Floppy

    rootnoverify (hd1,7)

    chainloader (fd0)+1



title linux suggested by yancek

kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a resume=UUID=743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd.img



###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###

title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3

    root (hd1,7)

    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part8 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3

    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp





=============================== sdb8/etc/fstab: ===============================









/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part8 /                    ext3      acl,user_xattr        1 1

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part5 /                    ext3      acl,user_xattr 0 0

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_SP2504CS09QJ1UP109613-part2 /windows/C          ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part1 /windows/D          ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part2 /windows/E          ntfs-3g    users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_MAXTOR_STM35003_9QM357QE-part7 swap                swap      defaults              0 0

proc                /proc                proc      defaults              0 0

sysfs                /sys                sysfs      noauto                0 0

debugfs              /sys/kernel/debug    debugfs    noauto                0 0

usbfs                /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      noauto                0 0

devpts              /dev/pts            devpts    mode=0620,gid=5      0 0

/dev/fd0            /media/floppy        auto      noauto,user,sync      0 0



================================== sdb8/boot: ==================================



total 9684

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 2008-12-21 17:42 .

drwxr-xr-x 21 root root    4096 2009-01-04 19:59 ..

-rw-------  1 root root    512 2008-12-21 16:32 backup_mbr

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      1 2008-12-21 16:21 boot -> .

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  80530 2007-09-24 20:55 config-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 2009-01-03 22:01 grub

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      25 2008-12-21 16:32 initrd -> initrd-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4140013 2008-12-21 16:32 initrd-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  389632 2008-12-21 17:42 message

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  99234 2007-09-24 21:01 symsets-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp.tar.gz

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  400687 2007-09-24 21:01 symtypes-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp.gz

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  116317 2007-09-24 21:00 symvers-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp.gz

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  843618 2007-09-24 20:45 System.map-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 2165804 2007-09-24 20:55 vmlinux-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp.gz

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      26 2008-12-21 16:25 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1611260 2007-09-24 20:45 vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-bigsmp



=============================== sdb8/boot/grub: ===============================



total 228

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2009-01-03 22:01 .

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 2008-12-21 17:42 ..

-rw------- 1 root root    10 2008-12-21 16:32 default

-rw------- 1 root root    45 2008-12-21 17:14 device.map

-rw------- 1 root root    45 2008-12-21 16:32 device.map.old

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7576 2007-09-21 23:59 e2fs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7424 2007-09-21 23:59 fat_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6664 2007-09-21 23:59 ffs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6656 2007-09-21 23:59 iso9660_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8128 2007-09-21 23:59 jfs_stage1_5

-rw------- 1 root root  1857 2009-01-03 22:01 menu.lst

-rw------- 1 root root  1597 2008-12-21 16:32 menu.lst.old

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6844 2007-09-21 23:59 minix_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9160 2007-09-21 23:59 reiserfs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 2007-09-21 23:59 stage1

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103162 2008-12-21 16:32 stage2

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7004 2007-09-21 23:59 ufs2_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6228 2007-09-21 23:59 vstafs_stage1_5

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8820 2007-09-21 23:59 xfs_stage1_5



=========================== Unknown MBRs or Boot Sectors =======================



MFT Sector of /dev/sda2



00000000  46 49 4c 45 30 00 03 00  09 5c 00 02 00 00 00 00  |FILE0....\......|

00000010  01 00 01 00 38 00 01 00  a0 01 00 00 00 04 00 00  |....8...........|

00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000030  04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00  |............`...|

00000040  00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00  48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00  |........H.......|

00000050  30 95 83 04 fd 62 c9 01  30 95 83 04 fd 62 c9 01  |0....b..0....b..|

*

00000070  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000080  00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000090  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  30 00 00 00 68 00 00 00  |........0...h...|

000000a0  00 00 18 00 00 00 03 00  4a 00 00 00 18 00 01 00  |........J.......|

000000b0  05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00  30 95 83 04 fd 62 c9 01  |........0....b..|

000000c0  30 95 83 04 fd 62 c9 01  30 95 83 04 fd 62 c9 01  |0....b..0....b..|

000000d0  30 95 83 04 fd 62 c9 01  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  |0....b...@......|

000000e0  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.@..............|

000000f0  04 03 24 00 4d 00 46 00  54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..$.M.F.T.......|

00000100  80 00 00 00 48 00 00 00  01 00 40 00 00 00 01 00  |....H.....@.....|

00000110  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  1f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000120  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00  |@...............|

00000130  00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000140  31 20 00 00 0c 00 ff ff  b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00  |1 ..........P...|

00000150  01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..@.............|

00000160  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |........@.......|

00000170  00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00  08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  |. ..............|

00000180  08 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  31 01 ff ff 0b 31 01 83  |........1....1..|

00000190  74 29 00 01 60 fa ff ff  ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00  |t)..`...........|

000001a0  00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00  31 10 00 00 0c 00 ff ff  |........1.......|

000001b0  b0 00 00 00 48 00 00 00  01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  |....H.....@.....|

000001c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

000001d0  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  |@...............|

000001e0  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

000001f0  31 01 ff ff 0b 00 00 00  ff ff ff ff 00 00 04 00  |1...............|

00000200

MFT Sector of /dev/sdb1



00000000  46 49 4c 45 2a 00 03 00  6c db 09 09 00 00 00 00  |FILE*...l.......|

00000010  01 00 01 00 30 00 01 00  a0 01 00 00 00 04 00 00  |....0...........|

00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  06 00 55 00 00 00 00 00  |..........U.....|

00000030  10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00  00 00 18 00 00 00 01 00  |....`...........|

00000040  48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00  00 be 8e 01 e3 62 c9 01  |H............b..|

00000050  00 be 8e 01 e3 62 c9 01  00 be 8e 01 e3 62 c9 01  |.....b.......b..|

00000060  00 be 8e 01 e3 62 c9 01  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.....b..........|

00000070  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00  |................|

00000080  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000090  30 00 00 00 68 00 00 00  00 00 18 00 00 00 02 00  |0...h...........|

000000a0  4a 00 00 00 18 00 01 00  05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00  |J...............|

000000b0  00 be 8e 01 e3 62 c9 01  00 be 8e 01 e3 62 c9 01  |.....b.......b..|

*

000000d0  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.@.......@......|

000000e0  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  04 03 24 00 4d 00 46 00  |..........$.M.F.|

000000f0  54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  80 00 00 00 50 00 00 00  |T...........P...|

00000100  01 00 40 00 00 00 04 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..@.............|

00000110  1f 39 00 00 00 00 00 00  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.9......@.......|

00000120  00 00 92 03 00 00 00 00  00 00 92 03 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000130  00 00 92 03 00 00 00 00  11 04 02 32 1c 39 5e 0b  |...........2.9^.|

00000140  01 00 ad 01 60 fa ff ff  b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00  |....`.......P...|

00000150  01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..@.............|

00000160  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |........@.......|

00000170  00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00  08 20 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.0....... ......|

00000180  08 20 00 00 00 00 00 00  11 01 01 21 01 38 4e 31  |. .........!.8N1|

00000190  01 64 9e 17 00 fa ff ff  ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00  |.d..............|

000001a0  11 04 02 31 0c 5e 0b 01  00 fd 8c 01 60 fa ff ff  |...1.^......`...|

000001b0  b0 00 00 00 48 00 00 00  01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  |....H.....@.....|

000001c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

000001d0  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  |@...............|

000001e0  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

000001f0  11 01 01 00 00 00 00 00  ff ff ff ff 00 00 55 00  |..............U.|

00000200

MFT Sector of /dev/sdb2



00000000  46 49 4c 45 2a 00 03 00  34 f6 77 08 00 00 00 00  |FILE*...4.w.....|

00000010  01 00 01 00 30 00 01 00  a0 01 00 00 00 04 00 00  |....0...........|

00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  06 00 2a 00 00 00 00 00  |..........*.....|

00000030  10 00 00 00 60 00 00 00  00 00 18 00 00 00 01 00  |....`...........|

00000040  48 00 00 00 18 00 00 00  80 54 27 02 e3 62 c9 01  |H........T'..b..|

00000050  80 54 27 02 e3 62 c9 01  80 54 27 02 e3 62 c9 01  |.T'..b...T'..b..|

00000060  80 54 27 02 e3 62 c9 01  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.T'..b..........|

00000070  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00  |................|

00000080  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

00000090  30 00 00 00 68 00 00 00  00 00 18 00 00 00 02 00  |0...h...........|

000000a0  4a 00 00 00 18 00 01 00  05 00 00 00 00 00 05 00  |J...............|

000000b0  80 54 27 02 e3 62 c9 01  80 54 27 02 e3 62 c9 01  |.T'..b...T'..b..|

*

000000d0  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.@.......@......|

000000e0  06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  04 03 24 00 4d 00 46 00  |..........$.M.F.|

000000f0  54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  80 00 00 00 50 00 00 00  |T...........P...|

00000100  01 00 40 00 00 00 04 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..@.............|

00000110  6f 23 00 00 00 00 00 00  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |o#......@.......|

00000120  00 00 37 02 00 00 00 00  00 00 37 02 00 00 00 00  |..7.......7.....|

00000130  00 00 37 02 00 00 00 00  11 04 02 32 6c 23 9e 0a  |..7........2l#..|

00000140  01 00 01 00 00 20 6f 8c  b0 00 00 00 50 00 00 00  |..... o.....P...|

00000150  01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |..@.............|

00000160  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |........@.......|

00000170  00 30 00 00 00 00 00 00  08 20 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.0....... ......|

00000180  08 20 00 00 00 00 00 00  11 01 01 31 01 8f 02 01  |. .........1....|

00000190  31 01 5a 93 11 00 44 83  ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00  |1.Z...D.........|

000001a0  11 04 02 31 0c 9e 0a 01  00 fd 8c 01 60 fa ff ff  |...1........`...|

000001b0  b0 00 00 00 48 00 00 00  01 00 40 00 00 00 05 00  |....H.....@.....|

000001c0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

000001d0  40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00  |@...............|

000001e0  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|

000001f0  11 01 01 00 00 00 00 00  ff ff ff ff 00 00 2a 00  |..............*.|

00000200



=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================



hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

hexdump: stdin: Illegal seek.

cat: sdb5/etc/issue: No such file or directory

OK, according to the results of the script, it is clear you are booting your sda drive on start up, so it is (hd0), and since the sdb drive is your only other drive, that means it must be (hd1) on start up. Therefore, your Mandriva Grub entries should use (hd1,4), but currently your Mandriva menu.lst uses (hd0,4) in all the entries. Also, since your Mandriva install uses gfxmenu, you might want to boot it using the chainloader technique so you can get the eye candy that you would expect with gfxmenu. How about trying the following as root user:

Code:

mkdir /tmp/sdb5

mount /dev/sdb5 /tmp/sdb5

cp /tmp/sdb5/usr/lib/grub/*/stage2 /tmp/sdb5/boot/grub

gedit /tmp/sdb5/boot/grub/menu.lst

Change "gedit" to "kate" if you are using KDE instead of Gnome; also the cp command above is to copy a fresh Grub stage2 file to your Mandriva /boot/grub directory, because your Mandriva's current stage2 file incorrectly points to the first partition for the menu.lst. In the menu.lst that pops up with gedit/kate, modify all your Mandriva entries to use (hd1,4) instead of (hd0,4), similar to:

Code:

title linux

kernel (hd1,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=6460a523-8375-40e3-9958-31c179210b3a  resume=UUID=743165c2-5731-4133-9976-0fc7fd90d02c splash=silent vga=788

initrd (hd1,4)/boot/initrd.img

You might also want to change the "title" line to Mandriva, rather than just "linux" as the menu.lst currently uses. Then in your OpenSUSE menu.lst, change the Mandriva entry to:

Code:

title Mandriva Grub menu

root (hd1,4)

chainloader +1

And then I think you should be able to boot Mandriva OK. How about giving it a shot and let us know how it goes.

CJS

Before executing the commands you suggested, I would like to know a few things.

I didn't install anything on sda drive.

I installed everything on sdb drive.

I installed Windows Vista and Windows 2008 server on sdb1 and sdb2:

I installed Ubuntu on sdb3.

Above 3 operating systems comes on to the screen. I don't have any problems.

Even open SuSE 10.3 comes to the screen.

I installed it on sdb8.

I installed Mandriva on sdb5.

My sdb4 is an extended partition.

I didn't install anything on sda drive, as yet.

Am I wrong?

You browsed the file and gathered information.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I hope to install open SuSE 11.1 and Slackware 12.0 on sda when time permits.

I have downloaded them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gins (Post 3397078)

Actually when you installed your distros on the sdb drive, most distros by default install Grub to the MBR (Master Boot Record) of /dev/sda, which they assume to be the drive you boot from. So you do have Grub currently installed to the MBR of your sda Vista drive, and it points to OpenSUSE on your sdb drive for its boot files (menu.lst and stage2). Also, the reason you can boot Ubuntu and OpenSUSE OK is because their entries in the menu.lst use (hd1,2) and (hd1,7) respectively; that would mean that Mandriva, being on the same drive, must use (hd1,4) rather than (hd0,4), because (hd0) is your Windows drive and (hd1) is your Linux drive. Grub on start up sees the order of drives the same as the BIOS boot order, so whichever drive you boot from is (hd0), and the other drives will then be (hd1), (hd2), etc.

CJS

Code:

ni@SuseLinux103:~> su root

Password:

SuseLinux103:/home/ni # mkdir /tmp/sdb5

SuseLinux103:/home/ni # mount /dev/sdb5 /tmp/sdb5

SuseLinux103:/home/ni # 



The following didn't work. 

Have you made an error?

SuseLinux103:/home/ni # cp /tmp/sdb5/usr/lib/grub/*/stage2 /tmp/sdb5/boot/grub

cp: cannot stat `/tmp/sdb5/usr/lib/grub/*/stage2': No such file or directory

SuseLinux103:/home/ni #

The /usr/lib/grub/*/* directory is typically where Grub keeps its original stage files in the distros I've used, but I haven't used Mandriva, so I could be wrong for Mandriva. Since you can't copy over the stage2 file, try this instead (while you still have sdb5 mounted on /tmp/sdb5), and please post the output:

Code:

mount --bind /dev /tmp/sdb5/dev

mount --bind /proc /tmp/sdb5/proc

chroot /tmp/sdb5

grub

grub> root (hd1,4)

grub> setup (hd1,4)

grub> quit

exit

And we can work from there.