[Grub] Computer wouldn't boot :s

[tesco]

this morning i woke up and turn on the computer only to be greeted with

"GRUB |" on the screen.
:huh:

I ahve windows xp, and suse 9.1 installed. Along with GRUB for the boot loader.

Well after school I just reinstalled suse9.1 and I can now boot into windows and linux.

but any idea what might have caused Grub to get corrupted? :huh:

[4play]

what were you playing with before you shut down last ?

[tesco]

was using fireworks mx 2004, power point and word 2003, firefox (on fst), azureus was downloading, folding@home was...folding.
That's pretty much all i did on the computer yesterday.

Nothing related to linux or anything off ordinary computer use. :huh:

[4play]

seems a bit odd. normally the bootloader messes up if you play around with partition tables, move drives about or generally piss about with the mbr.

[tesco]

I resized the linux partition last weekend or maybe longer ago but not sure how that could make it stop working today. :unsure:


is there a way to make a bootable floppy that will boot straight to windows?

[4play]

[/url][url="http://xp%20boot%20disk%3C/a%3E"]xp boot disk (http://1gighost.net/boot1000/xpquick.zip)

where exactly did you install grub to ? I normally place it in the master boot record but using the nt bootloader is also possible.

guide (http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LG/issue36/larriera.html)

[tesco]

[/url][url="http://xp%20boot%20disk%3C/a%3E"]xp boot disk (http://1gighost.net/boot1000/xpquick.zip)

where exactly did you install grub to ? I normally place it in the master boot record but using the nt bootloader is also possible.

guide (http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LG/issue36/larriera.html)
not sure i didn't really pay attention.
Is there a way to find out?

[4play]

have a look in the yast tool and find the options for bootloader. it should have all the information you need there.