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Problem with scientific Linux multiboot
Hello,
I have a multi-boot system with windows and openSuse. The boot loader is from Suse and the menu worked fine. Today I installed Scientific Linux and am having trouble with the boot loader. The SL install is on a different drive than the windows and Suse. As is typical, the SL installer has a boot loader configuration setup and no identifiable way to just add SL to the existing boot loader. When I re-booted after install, I got the suse boot loader with no entry for SL.
I tried super grub disk 2, but I got an error when I tried to boot SL. I tried Boot Repair Disk, but the advanced options I was expecting were greyed out. Normally I would install grub to the MBR of all disks, but those options were not available. I ran it anyway, but now the system just boots into windows.
This process is always very frustrating. There should be a tool that you can boot from a CD that will find all of your OSs and just let you configure your boot loader as you want it. Can someone let me know the best way to get this set up to boot from all my OSs? In Ubuntu, I knew how to run update-grub and that would generally fix issues like this. Is there an equivalent to run in openSuse or a boot tool I can run to fix this?
LMHmedchem