[ale] Toshiba laptop

[Cornelis van Dijk]

Thanks for the input. I turned off the secure boot. That got me the
Windows back. I am now making system backups,  (takes forever) then
I'll try the linux again.

Cor van Dijk

On 6/11/15, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
> The Empire Strikes Back!
>
> (Sorry.)
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 02:48:04PM -0400, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>> I purchased a Toshiba laptop. It came with Windows 8 installed.
>> I tried to make it dual boot with suse linux 13.2. That worked ok for
>> a day or two.
>>
>> Then Windows began installing a bunch of updates. After that  could no
>> longer access
>> the linux partition. Not only that but the hard drive could no longer
>> not be repartitioned.
>> "No mount point found" was the message. So I could not reinstall linux.
>>
>> With the help of Yast I was able to work somewhat around that problem.
>> But now I lost the
>> Windows. So far I have not found a solution for that problem. Yast
>> still lists a bunch of
>> partitions, but they are all listed as /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA... and they
>> resist opening.
>>
>> I am fairly sure that the Windows stuff is still there, but how to get
>> to it, let alone boot?
>>
>> Anybody knows what is going on? Thanks in advance for any help or
>> suggestion.
>>
>> Cor van Dijk
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