I'm stuck with hpt372

[Konstantin Kletschke]

So, I am stuck with my new hdd setup...

I try to install grub to boot from my HDD connected to the hpt372
controller of my SOYO Dragon Ultra.
Furthermore it is the only harddisk in my Computer.

I use the "boot offboard chipset first" Option, so the disk seems to be
/dev/hda (the cdroms and burners doesn't work on the hpt372).

When booting from Harddisk, the hdd led of the Computer blinks short,
then _nothing_ happens.

I set up a bootdisk exactly as shown in the GRUB FAQ. That disk works
fine, the PC is loading stage2, then the disk works sometime and the
menu is displayed, the kernel gets loaded, and it works like charm.

the menu.lst on harddisk and on floppy are the same, see below...

this way I try to setup grub from hdd (floppy is exactly as in the FAQ
and works, just repeating :-)):

address@hidden:~$ su -
Password: 
sexmachine:~# grub --batch --device-map=/dev/null << EOF
> device (hd0) /dev/hda
> root (hd0,0)
> setup (hd0)
> quit
> EOF


     GRUB  version 0.93  (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)

  [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.  For the first word,
     TAB
     lists possible command completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the
     possible
     completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> device (hd0) /dev/hda
grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
 Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"...  16
Sectors are embedded.
succeeded
 Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p
 (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"...
 succeeded
Done.
grub> quit
                 
So, where is the mistake? I use the grub package of debian sarge...

grub     0.92+cvs20020923-1        GRand Unified Bootloader

sexmachine:~# cat /boot/grub/m
menu.lst        menu.lst~       minix_stage1_5  
sexmachine:~# cat /boot/grub/me
menu.lst   menu.lst~  
sexmachine:~# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 3
default 0
fallback 1

setup (hd0)

map (hd4) (hd0)

color light-red/cyan blink-yellow/blue

title=FICKEN
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/2.4.20-pre10-ac2 ro root=/dev/hda1

title=memtest
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest86.bin

title Change the colors
color light-green/brown blink-red/blue


well, any hints, and I will kiss you!
:-)

Konsti


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