FC3: grub hangs in ide+scsi box

Louis Garcia louisg00 at bellsouth.net
Sun Dec 5 22:40:12 UTC 2004


Well I don't have that file. I have /boot/grub/device.map. That file has

(fd0)  /dev/fd0
(hd0)  /dev/hda

--Louis

> 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
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > > Louis Garcia wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 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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