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The Tuesday 2006-11-28 at 21:02 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
>
> Well, I ran mkinitrd (with specifying the latest kernel by its full number)
> and created a new initrd to match which was slightly larger than the 'old' one
> and this showed that the 'old' one was corrupted.
I don't think you need to specify the version, or any parameters at all.
However... try this:
- boot the rescue system (prompt, not the automatd thing).
- mount your normal root partition somewhere, probably /mnt
- mount your boot partition to /mnt/boot
- same for separate /usr if you use it, ec.
- do chroot /mnt
- and "mkinitrd" with no parameters.
>
> However, this has not helped at all :-( . When booting, the error message 18
> still comes up :-( . So the problem appears to be elsewhere and possibly in
> more than one location.
I also have a problem when booting my test partition, which resides in a
disk bigger than what my bios can handle. But I haven't studied the
problem yet, although I'm starting to think that it is similar to your
problem, or perhaps even the same one. I wonder.
> I ran the Repair System from the Installation CD/DVD and it keeps crashing
> always at the same spot but it doesn't show what the error is! (what a great
> repair system- it not only doesn't repair but is doesn't even show what the
> error is :-) ).
I don't know if you can switch to a text console at the moment and see the
logs, there will be in the ramdisk, but they might say something.
> To save time in booting from the Installation DVD I thought I would create a
> boot CD but it doesn't seem to be doing what I think it should be doing. I
> posted a question about this last night and now await an answer.
I saw it, but I don't know about that.
> I'll use the
> boot CD while trying to figure out what is causing my present problem with
> grub. Fortunately at the moment I don't need to boot into Windows but unless I
> get this grub going - or find another way to boot into Windows - I am going to
> be in a pickle when I do have to boot into XP.
I think the install cd can boot any installed system.
And... you grub halts when loading suse, you get to the grub menu, no?
There you can choose XP and it should not have the same problem - I hope.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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