FC3: grub hangs in ide+scsi box

Cyber Source peter at cybersource.us
Sun Dec 5 20:44:37 UTC 2004


see what's listed in your /boot/grub/devices file

Louis Garcia wrote:

>That doesn't explain why grub would hang. My problem is before initrd
>and the kernel. I can't even get to grub.
>
>--Louis
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>>My guess would be that the initrd file was created with a config to 
>>load the wrong module for your RAID. I would try manually loading 
>>modules from a rescue disk, when you find the right one, put it in 
>>your /etc/modprobe.conf file and then recreate your initrd file.
>>
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>>>Louis Garcia wrote:
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>>>I installed a minimum fc3 on a PII box. It has an ide boot drive (hda)
>>>and two scsi HD (sda, sdb) in a raid config. The boot loader is in the
>>>MBR of hda. The install goes fine but when it comes to booting up it
>>>hangs right before the grub screen. If I take out the scsi card it boots
>>>fine (except it complains about missing raid discs). This is a Gateway
>>>G6 with an Adaptec aha-2940 UW. Any thought?
>>>
>>>Thanks, --Louis
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