Hello:

My mbr was overwritten by windows.
I would like to boot an installed opensuse 12.1 and einstall
grub onto mbr. Earlier in such cases I could use the
install DVD to boot an installed system (in repair insalled system
menu). The repair option has been removed from openSUSE12.1 install DVD.
(It seems I read about this somewhere that there wasnot enough resource
to maintain it.)
Is it possible to use the 12.1 DVD and load an insalled system? How?

Thanks,

Istvan

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* Istvan Gabor <suseuser04*******> [02-18-12 17:34]:

You would select "boot from harddisk" from the menu, or "boot installed".
Cannot remember.
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http://dodin.org/wiki/index.php?n=Doc.AccesRootAvecOpensuseR[..]

it's in french, but the code is readable

jdd

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On 2012/02/18 23:32 (GMT+0100) Istvan Gabor composed:

You failed to protect yourself first: http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html

Any live CD or DVD that contains a legacy Grub (that isn't materially older
than the installed openSUSE version) can fix your problem using the Grub
Shell, and without mounting any partitions: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html#Ins[..]
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That one will not work, because the boot code in the HD has been
broken/modeified/removed.

And that one has been removed from the DVD. :-)

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Cheers / Saludos,

        Carlos E. R.
        (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar)

No, but you can repair the grub installation. The original command sequence
is kept in /etc/grub.conf. To use that way you have to mount the harddisk,
bind mount dev, proc and sys, and chroot. Or you can modify the command and
run it from the dvd.

To prepare for this contingency, you can keep a copy of the mbr (if it is
only the mbr that got changed).

Now that I remember, there is a mini live system that can help, the
supergrub disk.

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        Carlos E. R.
        (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar)

Yes you can use the DVD to load the installed system but it is a bit fiddly.  

1. Simply start the machine with the DVD go through the initial step of
setting the language and keyboard.
2.  Abort the installation.  This should drop you into a "text" mode (sort
of).
3.  From there you can select "start installation" and press ok.
4.  The next screen with present you with the option to "boot installed
system". You select that.
5. On the next screen you will have to select the partition to be booted.

I don't know if you want to use that method or the others that have been
suggested.

Anyway good luck

Eddie
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