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JackDog
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 Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject: Grub can't boot SATA drive |
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<Installed system done over 1 dozen sata systems>
Installed grub, it detects hds correctly and even write to the MBR however when I boot, It says loading grub but gets no further. I marked thepartition as bootable and the hd mappings are correct in devices.
Are some SATA drives blacklisted with grub?
Is there a shortcut to boot an existing install directly from the bootcd without chrooting after the kernel loads?
Thanks!
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cyrillic
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Location: Groton, Massachusetts USA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Grub can't boot SATA drive |
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| JackDog wrote: | | when I boot, It says loading grub but gets no further. |
What hardware are you using ?
There is a known issue between GRUB and Highpoint PATA/SATA controllers. The workaround is fairly simple.
| JackDog wrote: | | I marked thepartition as bootable |
This is only relevant for Windows. Linux ignores the "bootable" flag.
| JackDog wrote: | | and the hd mappings are correct in devices. |
GRUB only uses the device.map file during installation, not at boot time.
| JackDog wrote: | | Are some SATA drives blacklisted with grub? |
No, GRUB can boot any device that the BIOS considers bootable.
| JackDog wrote: | | Is there a shortcut to boot an existing install directly from the bootcd without chrooting after the kernel loads? |
Yes, if you are using a CD that uses GRUB to boot, like this one :
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JackDog
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I wasnt very helpful with info but I ended up getting it fixed up.
3114 is the controller. grub .96 was unable to load the drive on this controller at all. upgrading to .97 allowed me to boot.
Thanks for thought!
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OpelBlitz
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:51 am Post subject: |
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I know this doesn't help much, but I couldn't get GRUB to play nice (My laptop uses an SATA interface)
So, went to LILO, worked flawlessly.  |
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JackDog
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| OpelBlitz wrote: | I know this doesn't help much, but I couldn't get GRUB to play nice (My laptop uses an SATA interface)
So, went to LILO, worked flawlessly. |
Yeah I tried LILO several times, but kept getting a "timestamp mismatch". Which from googling sounds like an unhelpful generic error often encountered when trying to boot SCSI or SATA.
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