Bad install suse 10.3 Loading Grub stage1.5....error 15
hi, i'm a complete trial and error person with no redeeming qualities if not persistance. no clue about code, syntax, terminals etc. by some odd determination still managed to get various distros(mostly SuSE) to function in old Dell, Thinkpad, Hp laptops for senior citizens. it takes me weeks to install properly sometimes. still don't know how/why some work except as a tribute to Linux's hardiness. haven't known defeat till tried to install Linux on a "new" Durabook 15N with Celeron M. installed SuSE 10.2 readily and it worked great. its preinstalled XP ran no problem too. pressed my luck with 10.3 downloaded the 10.3 DVD, burned the iso, 'sum checked' it, and installed on another laptop without issue. when attempted on the Durabook everything was going fine when the all too familiar red "installation failed" appeared near the very end of the preinstall. a message flashed by indicating it was related to'("failure to prevent XP from hibernating before starting install, restart computer, close XP and begin install again")' paraphrased, as it was quick. nothing was modified w XP except defrag the hard drive a few times prior to the install. 10.2 installed no problems on same machine just a few weeks prior ? trouble is...can't boot XP, 10.2 or anything now, goes right to 'Grub Loading stage1.5 , please wait... Error 15' and limbo, with a flashing unresponsive cursor. did the hibernation somehow interfered with its mounting ? is there a remedy ? tried all my best prior 'blind' fixes but nothing. any hope, or direction(s) would be greatly appreciated. normally to access the XP recovery partition all you needed to do was hit F4 and the power button simultaneously...now it goes right to Grub error message as do all attempted intercessions. still can access BIOS little good it does though. at this point happiness could be as simple as banishing that D**m Error 15 message while a more complete solution is sought. thanks for reading this and any tips you may collectively offer, Tom McD
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