I have SUSE 10 installed on a Dell GX260.  I also boot to WindowsXP.

After the latest "windows update" happened (malicious software removal) the 
machine booted to briefly display "stage 1.5" and then rebooted again (over 
and over...)

Booting the SUSE CD 1 and repairing the boot loader fixes it, but the next 
time I boot to XP (time to quit doing that, eh?) it wipes it out again.
The exact same thing happened to my coworker with the same setup (but on a 
GX270). I'm unable to figure out what gets run nor why it happens over and 
over.  No hints on google.

Has anyone else been seeing this?

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Gerry Skerbitz
gsker at skerbitz.org