[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.


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?

[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.

[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.


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

[4play]

xp boot disk

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

[tesco]

xp boot disk

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

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.