hello,
i have two drives. one linux one windows. before 10.3 installation i could boot normaly using 10.2 installation. now i can't. when i try to boot i get as an error:
>a

any ideas?

my current menu.lst:
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Oct 6 17:36:40 BST 2007
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,5)/boot/message

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title openSUSE 10.3
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM120JIS116JD0P551435-part6 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sdb5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-default

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title windows 1
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

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title windows 2
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,1)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HM120JIS116JD0P551435-part6 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-default

title 1
rootnoverify (hd1,5)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

I don't have the old one but can you paste me yours if needed?
And this is the fdisk:

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1f1d1f1d

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13884 111523198+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13885 14593 5695042+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x88c8c731

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 10444 83891398+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 10445 14593 33326842+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 10445 10706 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 10707 13317 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 13318 14593 10249438+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 495 MB, 495452160 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 15120 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 ? 12158374 29994462 570754815+ 72 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/mmcblk0p2 ? 2635774 32886216 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/mmcblk0p3 ? 29216898 59467339 968014096 79 Unknown
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/mmcblk0p4 ? 45088769 45089636 27749+ d Unknown
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

thanks

Have you tried the recovery method by booting off of the openSuSE 10.3 DVD to attempt to repair the bootloader? I can't remember the exact option from the menu choices on the disc, but I tried this recently with the 10.2 disc after a hard drive migration and it worked well.

Let's see if I understand this correctly.

You have:
All three point to the same partition. That doesn't look right.

If it were my system, I'd change this:
to this:
unless one of the two windows entry points to a data partition, and not a bootable OS. In that case, delete the non-bootable entry from your menu.lst.

you where 100% right!!!!
i can't believe it!!! i think there is a bug on suse! how can i report it?
i change it manually, and it worked.
and then i (just to check) run the module for bootloader again and i (graphicaly) add new entry and it did the SAME!!(wrong numbers)