Grub Issues - [solved]

keola · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 53

I have tried now on two drives - both are the same model though. I blew through an install without the guide (which I never need anyway) and the drive didn't appear to be bootable. I booted off the livecd and reinstalled grub... no luck, cleared the MBR, tried to install grub manually and with grub-install.

So I got another drive, walked through the install with the handbook and I have the same issue. I have checked everything in the BIOS and even wiped the drive clean and started over. I can put the old drive (older smaller drive) in and it boots just fine.

Anyone have any idea of what may be going wrong?

Thanks

kevstar31 · Guru Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Ohio

try using grub shell to install grub by booting from a knoppix livecd an type: sudo grub
Once in the shell type : find /boot/grub/stage1
For the partition stage 1 is found on type root (hdx,x)
Then setup (hdx)
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keola · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 53

I don't see how that would be any different from using a livecd and trying to install it again. it is a single disk config, so it is hd(0,0) and (hd0)... I may try it tomorrow. I have to get to bed for now.

kevstar31 · Guru Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Ohio

So i can see if errors show up. post your fstab and grub.conf
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keola · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 53

had a sec to complete the op... installed grub via knoppix, no issues, same results as installing from livecd, as well as no boot.

keola · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 53

I think my issue is solved. These drives were from a raid set, I assumed zeroing out the first 100mb would wipe that out. Just by chance I looked in the raid config (as these drives were from a diff. comp and diff. raid controller) and it was reporting an incomplete set. after wiping that, all my partitions are gone. So I can assume it will boot once I reinstall. I will update tomorrow.

keola · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 53

That did it... I have never had that problem before... it didn't come to mind to check because the controllers were different brands, but the obviously use the same 'software'. I was very surprised to see an incomplete raid set in the config screen...

kevstar31 · Guru Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 449 Location: Ohio

Plese add [solved] to the end of the subject line of your orignal post.
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