Windows doesn´t boot anymore after installing OpenSuse 10.3

**Anilrgowda** · 29-Nov-2007, 02:32 AM

Question: Hello,
after resizing my NTFS partition with Gparted and Knoppix and installing OpenSuse, I can´t boot into windows anymore.
At first, GRUB halted with a message like this:

chainloader (hd0,0)+1

After a lot of trying and cursing, I got the following message out of it:

root (hd 0,0)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
chainloader +1

The error corresponds with this article: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB%3AWindows_No_Longer_Boots_Following_the_Installation_of_SUSE_LINUX_9.1

The article however, explicitly states the article only to be applied to Suse 9.1, so I don´t have much to go on and am out of ideas.
I have also searched my BIOS and Motherboard manual (Asus A8N-SLI) for ¨LBA¨, but couldn´t find anything clear.

Can anyone help me?

Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI
Hard Disk: Hitachi Desktar SATA on Port 4

fdisk -l

Code:

Schijf /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0eb50eb5

 Apparaat Boot      Start         Einde    Blokken  Id  Systeem
/dev/sda1               1       24978   200634761    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           30206       30401     1574370   82  Linux-swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3   *       24979       30205    41985877+  83  Linux

Partitietabel ingangen zijn niet in schijfvolgorde

/boot/grub/menu.lst

Code:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on zo okt 14 16:04:42 CEST 2007
default 0
timeout 4
gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows XP
    rootnoverify (hd0,2)
    makeactive
    root (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 10.3
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HDT722525DLA380_VDB41BT4C9UZ7C-part3 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-bigsmp

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-0.4-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HDT722525DLA380_VDB41BT4C9UZ7C-part3 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.9-0.4-bigsmp

The origional windows entry of menu.lst was:

Code:

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows XP
    rootnoverify (hd0,2)
    chainloader (hd0,0)+1

I don´t think the resizing was the problem, because I can still mount the partition and access my data.

**Anilrgowda** · 29-Nov-2007, 02:32 AM

If you manage to get grub working again via Knoppix then try this:
---
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

29-Nov-2007, 02:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,702 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Re: Windows doesn´t boot anymore after installing OpenSuse 10.3 If you manage to get grub working again via Knoppix then try this: --- title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 ------------------

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