Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
> If it was missed during installation, how do you get yast to install the
> boot loader? It goes through all the motions like it did but nothing
> happens. What the hell ails it? I tried it both in kde mode and ansi
> mode in terminal. What is it, just a simulated exercise?

Install it with YaST. If you can't boot, boot with the DVD and select to
boot an already installed system.

houghi
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houghi wrote:
> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>> If it was missed during installation, how do you get yast to install the
>> boot loader? It goes through all the motions like it did but nothing
>> happens. What the hell ails it? I tried it both in kde mode and ansi
>> mode in terminal. What is it, just a simulated exercise?
>
> Install it with YaST. If you can't boot, boot with the DVD and select to
> boot an already installed system.
>
> houghi
That IS what I do. What I said was, yast appears to install the boot
loader but in fact does nothing.

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Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
> houghi wrote:
>> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>>> If it was missed during installation, how do you get yast to install the
>>> boot loader? It goes through all the motions like it did but nothing
>>> happens. What the hell ails it? I tried it both in kde mode and ansi
>>> mode in terminal. What is it, just a simulated exercise?
>>
>> Install it with YaST. If you can't boot, boot with the DVD and select to
>> boot an already installed system.
>>
>> houghi
> That IS what I do. What I said was, yast appears to install the boot
> loader but in fact does nothing.

You said it did not work during the intalation, I am talking about doing
it after the instalation.
If that is the case, then try lilo.

Also could you give any information n what EXCACTLY happens during the
boot? What do you see, what messages do you get? Be specific.

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Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:

> houghi wrote:
>> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>>> If it was missed during installation, how do you get yast to install the
>>> boot loader? It goes through all the motions like it did but nothing
>>> happens. What the hell ails it? I tried it both in kde mode and ansi
>>> mode in terminal. What is it, just a simulated exercise?
>>
>> Install it with YaST. If you can't boot, boot with the DVD and select to
>> boot an already installed system.
>>
>> houghi
> That IS what I do. What I said was, yast appears to install the boot
> loader but in fact does nothing.
>

It probably installs, but not where it should.
To troubleshoot that on distance is not easy .
I can't see selected options in YaST and I don't know easy way to retrieve
them in form suitable for usenet.

Although it is written for SuSE 8.1, it is applicable in case of problems
for any version including 11.0:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:The_Boot_Manager_Grub

See the section "Manual installation of GRUB" .

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houghi wrote:
> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>> houghi wrote:
>>> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>>>> If it was missed during installation, how do you get yast to install the
>>>> boot loader? It goes through all the motions like it did but nothing
>>>> happens. What the hell ails it? I tried it both in kde mode and ansi
>>>> mode in terminal. What is it, just a simulated exercise?
>>> Install it with YaST. If you can't boot, boot with the DVD and select to
>>> boot an already installed system.
>>>
>>> houghi
>> That IS what I do. What I said was, yast appears to install the boot
>> loader but in fact does nothing.
>
> You said it did not work during the intalation, I am talking about doing
> it after the instalation.
> If that is the case, then try lilo.
>
> Also could you give any information n what EXCACTLY happens during the
> boot? What do you see, what messages do you get? Be specific.
>
> houghi
The computer reset during installation. I tried it after installation by
booting the cd and booting the installed system. I tried grub and lilo.
Both appear to write the boot code but do not. It might be that the
harddrive is on a pci raid ide controller which the bios does not see.
The boot cd sees it and winows 2000 sees it. Maybe I'll fart around with
loadlin.

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Claude Hopper (11) 5. ? wrote:

> houghi wrote:
>> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>>> houghi wrote:
>>>> Claude Hopper 5 ? wrote:
>>>>> If it was missed during installation, how do you get yast to install
>>>>> the boot loader? It goes through all the motions like it did but
>>>>> nothing happens. What the hell ails it? I tried it both in kde mode
>>>>> and ansi mode in terminal. What is it, just a simulated exercise?
>>>> Install it with YaST. If you can't boot, boot with the DVD and select
>>>> to boot an already installed system.
>>>>
>>>> houghi
>>> That IS what I do. What I said was, yast appears to install the boot
>>> loader but in fact does nothing.
>>
>> You said it did not work during the intalation, I am talking about doing
>> it after the instalation.
>> If that is the case, then try lilo.
>>
>> Also could you give any information n what EXCACTLY happens during the
>> boot? What do you see, what messages do you get? Be specific.
>>
>> houghi
> The computer reset during installation. I tried it after installation by
> booting the cd and booting the installed system. I tried grub and lilo.
> Both appear to write the boot code but do not. It might be that the
> harddrive is on a pci raid ide controller which the bios does not see.
> The boot cd sees it and winows 2000 sees it. Maybe I'll fart around with
> loadlin.
>

Or you can try reading:
http://en.opensuse.org/How_to_instal..._software_RAID
Also you may want to see:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2.../msg00473.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=350992

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