EOS wrote:
> Paul Thompson wrote:
>
>> After an online update of the kernel from .13 to .16 the system failed
>> to boot. A GRUB
>>
>> Fatal Error 23: Error while parsing number
>>
>> was found on
>>
>> root (/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS*-part4)
>>
>> changing it back to
>>
>> root (hd0, 3)
>>
>> fixed the problem.
>
> knows yast that you changed it ?
> try to repair with the tools of opensuse (yast)
> yast - system - bootloader.
>
>> In addition the option to boot into the .13 kernel fails with
>>
>> Error 15: File not found
>>
>> Good thing I had an earlier partition I could boot and change menu.lst.
>> I've had so many problems with 10.3 it's a real disappointment. Is
>> Novell trying to make Vista look good?
>
> Novell? you mean openSUSE you use.
> here already did 3 PC's to the latest kernel (.16)
> one of them 64bits, one won't upgarde because ati drivers are used
> no problem at all.
>
> was the openSUSE 10.3 install a new or a upgrade?

Greetings, first, I had assumed OpenSuSE had significant Novell
participation - if wrong, I apologize. Second I've been using SuSE since
8.0, and computers since the 1950's. Two suggestions to solve my problem
were to use Yast-System-Bootloader or the DVD Repair mode. Earlier when
I ran Y-S-Bootloader my menu.lst got so scrambled the computer wouldn't
boot into any partition, 10.3, 10.2 or XP. 10.3 Repair was worthless,
and eventually I used the 10.2 DVD to mount the 10.3 partition and
manually repair menu.lst. The latest kernel upgrade (16-0.2) has the
same problem.

Paul Thompson wrote:

> Greetings, first, I had assumed OpenSuSE had significant Novell
> participation - if wrong, I apologize. Second I've been using SuSE since
> 8.0, and computers since the 1950's. Two suggestions to solve my problem
> were to use Yast-System-Bootloader or the DVD Repair mode. Earlier when
> I ran Y-S-Bootloader my menu.lst got so scrambled the computer wouldn't
> boot into any partition, 10.3, 10.2 or XP. 10.3 Repair was worthless,
> and eventually I used the 10.2 DVD to mount the 10.3 partition and
> manually repair menu.lst. The latest kernel upgrade (16-0.2) has the
> same problem.

so now it works, but if yast comes with a new kernel
you probely have the same issue.
make a proper bootloader in yast - system - bootloader!
there are options you can use ;-)
http://users.telenet.be/photo-memori...-booloader.png
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