Problems with Acronis OS Selector & SUSE 9.2

[Introspective]

I've recently installed Acronis OS Selector 8.0 (build 917). I thought I would not have any problems with booting SUSE 9.2 (personal). The installation was successfull but it won't boot my SUSE. When the window appears there is the choice between Win XP HE, SUSE and floppy. But after clicking them it shows a message where it says that boot sector (hm, I don't remember exactly) is going to be modyfied. SUSE doesn't load. Instead of it Win is loading. :pinch:

I have two hard disks. First - Win (ntfs), partition (ntfs), OS Selector (this very order); Second - Linux Swap, SUSE (reiser), partition (ntfs). Both disks are IDE.

Thanx

[markwolfe Veteran]

I am not familiar with Acronis, but do you have a Linux LiveCD (like Knoppix) where we can look around your Linux install and see what might be going on? It never booted SUSE, other than the initial install?

Also, you might be able to poke around using something like a "linux rescue" mode off your SUSE boot CD.

If Acronis has any sort of config file that shows the boot selections, and how it tries to boot them, it might help to post that.

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Well... I can load my SUSE from GRUB. I installed it in MBR of the second disk. But I can't load Win from it - unfortunately, nothing helped me :( But I want some more convenient way of choosing OS rather than just switching the bootable disk.

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If Acronis has any sort of config file that shows the boot selections, and how it tries to boot them, it might help to post that.

No, I can't find anything. That's the problem. It's fully automatic...

[Introspective]

Well, the Acronis Tech Support says that I should download 9.0 version. Nothing can be done

[markwolfe Veteran]

I assume that the 9.0 version download will be "no charge" for you?

Also, if you want to manage your multi-OS boot selection, GRUB (or LILO) can do the job for you, as well as using the Microsoft NT Boot Loader (link).

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I solved the problem. Accidentally, I installed GRUB to mbr of hda. The first attempt of loading was successful.

I suppose that upgrade won't be free at all.