[LBo] I've lost SuSE since dual booting!

[Grasshopper]

On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 09:57 -0400, Jisao wrote:
> Grasshopper wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A very brief background to the problem.  Running SuSE 10, I decided to
> > dual boot Fedora 5.

> > Grasshopper
>  
> I believe you installed the Fedora 5 grub in the MBR, so you fubared 
> your initial SUSE grub.   The booting Grub is now Fedora 5.  If you want 
> Suse to be the booting grub, you will have to reinstall grub in Suse.  
> Otherwise, if you don't mind booting from the Fedora 5 grub, and if you 
> feel patient, you can try to tweak your Fedora 5 grub to load Suse (if 
> that is at all possible, meaning that the Suse grub is not missing 
> something important from the MBR - I don't know for sure).
> 
> To tweak grub (which I tried), start your computer.  When you get to the 
> grub screen, press any key to stop the countdown. Then read the 
> instructions on the screen. Grub, on top of being a bootloader, is also 
> a shell.  You have access to shell command which allow you to 
> change/edit the line to load grub. When you find the combination that 
> boots your Suse, then put it in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file.\

I eventually got into grub, but no matter what combo I tried, I always
got 'error 27'  My problem is I don't know the exact command.
> 
> I hope this is clear.  It is often easier to show than to explain...  So 
> don't hesitate to ask for clarification if I was clear as mud.

I am very much a visual person. Recently I bought a new phone, it's all
in Japanese of course, but it has lots of graphics.  After a few
mistakes I had it all setup the way I wanted it :)

Many thanks for your help.

Grasshopper
> 
> Jisao