Re: GRUB Bootloader with a Highpoint IDE Raid Card

[Demian Dixon]

Thanks for that advice.  I had done this when  tried to install GRUB (should 
have put that in my earlier posting)

I tried setting root to both my linux (hd0,4) and also my fat partition (hd0,0) 
with the same result both times after running setup.  Will debug mode give me 
more information?

Regards

Demian

Quoting Christoph Plattner <address@hidden>:

> 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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