[bug #28870] "GRUB loading" freezes if 2 SATA HD connected

[Anton Blau]

URL:
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                 Summary: "GRUB loading" freezes if  2 SATA HD connected
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: goldfisch
            Submitted on: Do 11 Feb 2010 22:07:45 GMT
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: goldfisch
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: 1.97
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:


Hello,

please excuse my bad english. I am not a native speaker.

I try to boot the following System - but I got only a freeze after the output
"GRUB loading" - no grub-menu.

address@hidden:~# fdisk -l

Platte /dev/sda: 200.0 GByte, 200049647616 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 24321 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00a78728

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       21672   174080308+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           21673       24199    20298127+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3           24200       24321      979965   82  Linux Swap / Solaris

Platte /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GByte, 1500301910016 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 182401 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Disk identifier: 0x48fb8e3d

   Gerät  boot.     Anfang        Ende     Blöcke   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1      182401  1465136001    7  HPFS/NTFS


The device /dev/sdb not bootable - its only a data-HD. Both HDs are connectet
to the SATA-Controller of the Mainboard (Fujitsu-Siemens D 1625). 

If I disconnect the cable of the /dev/sdb from the controller it runs (WinXP
on /dev/sda1 und Ubunto on /dev/sda2 are booting). But if I connect both HDs I
got the freeze.

I tried the following workarounds:

1. Booting with the Windows Bootloader:
So I can start the WindowsXP - but I got the same freeze if I start linux. ->
no solution

2. Connecting the /dev/sdb to an additional SATA-Controller
I bought a PCI SCSI-Controller. If I connect the /dev/sdb there - it runns.

But why?

Why freezes GRUB if two SATA-Drives are connected?

Thank you!


goldfisch




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