grub problem

[der.hans]

Am 09. Apr, 2007 schwätzte Kenneth so:

> --- "der.hans" <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> wrote:
>
>> Short Version:
>>
>> I can't get my new drives to boot. The first stage for grub doesn't load.
>> I used grub-install in an attempt to set the new drives up for booting.
>>
>> sda is one of the new drives.
>>
>> I tried the following.
>>
>> grub-install /dev/sda
>> grub-install /dev/sda1
>
> You mention using the tab-completion for partitions.  Which grub commands did
> you use from the grub prompt, and what were the results?  I believe if you
> use the root command, it will tell you it's searching for the stage2 files,
> and whatever else it does.  Or maybe that's when you use the setup command, I
> don't remember off the top of my head.

I used the root command. It was generally from grub started at the command
line from a booted system. I did run it once or twice between stages when
the system was booting OK and got expected mappings.

> I haven't set up raid on any Linux, so if it's related to that I probably
> can't help.

I don't think it is. The RAID setup should be irrelevant. I only mentioned
it in case there is some hidden gotcha. Since I'm using a primary
partition for / the RAID shouldn't come into the equation.

ciao,

der.hans
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