OpenSUSE Install :: Disk Error Grub Stage 1.5 ?

May 2, 2011

Every time I start my computer, I get a message saying:

I press any key, and the start-up completes without further problems. The first line on the screen after I press any key is

I`ve looked on the web, and grub stage 1.5 seems to be where the size of the hard drive is identified. Problems often seem to be linked to partitioning. My hard drive has (since new) a 115GB and a 5GB partition.

When I try to access the 5GB partition, I get the following error message:

Linux 2.6.34-12-desktop i686
System: openSUSE 11.3 (i586)
KDE: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) "release 2"

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That is my disk

Code:
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Code:
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1
root (hd0,3)
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