Re: GRUB Bootloader with a Highpoint IDE Raid Card

[Christoph Plattner]

If I see this right, you forget to define the root path for
the GRUB files.

You can do the setup in two ways:

*1*

grub> root (hd0,4)
grub> setup (hd0)

or
*2*

grub> setup (hd0) (hd0,4)

This should work.

With friendly regards
Christoph P.


Demian Dixon wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I've checked throguh the archives and haven't seen a solution to the problem
> I'm having so here goes....
> 
> I've recently installed GRUB from the tar.gz package and then I made a floppy
> disk version of GRUB.  That's all fine, I can boot from the floppy and load my
> linux, solaris and windows partitions.    (to load my Linux I have to use the
> following lines: )
> 
> kernel /boot/kernel-new root=7205 vga=7
> initrd /boot/initrd-new.img
> 
> I'm now trying to install GRUB onto the MBR of the ide raid drives.
> (My setup as seen by grub is)
> (hd0,0) FAT32 partition
> (hd0,1) Linux Swap partition
> (hd0,4) Extended partition (Linux)
> (hd1,0) Unknown (Solaris swap)
> (hd1,1) Linux swap (actually Solaris - they have the same tag ID)
> 
> I copied all of the files (stage 1, 1.5, 2 etc) into my /boot/grub folder on
> linux (hd0,4)
> 
> I then ran 'setup (hd0)' from the floppy and no errors are reported.
> 
> However when I try and boot I see that the 1st stage loads and it looks like
> stage 1.5 (ext2) is loading as well.  I then get a message saying 'Please 
> wait'
> (or something similar I'm not in front of the machine in question)and it just
> stops there.. I can get no further.  Does this mean Stage2 couldn't be loaded?
> Is this a geometry problem or similar?
> 
> I also tried to copy the stage files to the fat partition and install from
> there and I get exactly the same error.
> 
> The only thing that is a bit different on this machine is the IDE raid card.  
> I
> have two 20GB drives which are striped as RAID0 so I actually have 40GB of 
> disk
> space.    The Solaris is on a SCSI hard-drive attached to an Adaptec 2940UW
> card.
> The SCSI card cannot be booted from directly unless I remove the IDE Raid 
> card.
> 
> I've resorted to using the latest version of Lilo which recognises ide raid
> cards but would much rather have the power of GRUB.  Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Demian Dixon
> Core Technology
> 
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