How to Dual-boot openSUSE 10.3 and Ubuntu 7.10

I have a dual-boot machine of openSUSE 10.3 and Ubuntu (Studio) 7.10. This is how I did it.

I installed openSUSE like any other way, except I told it not to install any boot loader. Then, I logged onto Ubuntu and went into the terminal:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Once I had that opened, I created a divider at the bottom of the text file:

title Other operating systems:
root

Then, under that, I put this entry:(I installed openSUSE on a 2nd HDD, change the (hd1,0) to the fitting code if it’s the same HDD on a different partition. The second number is which partition.)

title openSUSE 10.3
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz
initrd /boot/initrd

That is telling it to use the files that are only shortcuts to the current vmlinuz and initrd.

After that, GRUB should be able to boot openSUSE. Enjoy!

~ by Byte 606 on January 5, 2008.