Hi,
I have received a new Dell Inspiron 15, Series 3000 system loaded with Windows 7 Pro. I have loaded openSUSE 13.1 both KDE and Gnome Desktops tripple-booted with Windows 7. Windows has been corrupted requiring a re-load of the same. The Scheme of partitions is as follows:
Grub2 is on Extended Partition which is shown as bootable above. Gnome is on /dev/sda7, KDE on /dev/sda9, /home on /dev/sda5 and swap on /dev/sda6. Windows 7 was booted by grub from /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3 seemed to contain Windows system and 'Restore' utility etc. Dell Utility is at /dev/sda1.
Output of /usr/sbin/fdisk -l /boot/backup_mbr is as below:
The question that I wish to ask is that if Windows 7 was to be reloaded, will hat make my gnome and KDE partions unbootable by grub2? If so then what would be the remedy?
Thanks & Regards,
Randhir Phagura
I have received a new Dell Inspiron 15, Series 3000 system loaded with Windows 7 Pro. I have loaded openSUSE 13.1 both KDE and Gnome Desktops tripple-booted with Windows 7. Windows has been corrupted requiring a re-load of the same. The Scheme of partitions is as follows:
Code:
rsp@gnome131:~> sudo /usr/sbin/fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa1d785cf
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2 81920 41570303 20744192 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 41570304 339834879 149132288 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 * 339834880 1953523711 806844416 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 587595776 1871570943 641987584 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 1871572992 1953523711 40975360 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 479178752 587593727 54207488 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 339836928 370765823 15464448 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda9 370767872 479176703 54204416 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk orderOutput of /usr/sbin/fdisk -l /boot/backup_mbr is as below:
Code:
rsp@gnome131:~> /usr/sbin/fdisk -l /boot/backup_mbr
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Failed to read extended partition table (offset=339834880)
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)
Disk /boot/backup_mbr: 0 MB, 512 bytes, 1 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa1d785cf
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/boot/backup_mbr1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
/boot/backup_mbr2 81920 41570303 20744192 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/boot/backup_mbr3 41570304 339834879 149132288 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/boot/backup_mbr4 * 339834880 1953523711 806844416 5 ExtendedThanks & Regards,
Randhir Phagura