[Resolved] Re: Boot problem on F8 system

[Langdon Stevenson]

Langdon Stevenson wrote:
> I have a Fedora 8 server that I recently ran pre-upgrade on in 
> preparation to moving to Fedora 10.  After pre-upgrade ran the server 
> was rebooted and will not start.  The symptoms are as follows:
> 
> Server boots and detects all disks (it has 6 scsi disks running software 
> raid).
> 
> Boot up continues and at the point where Grub should run I get the output:
> 
> grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub 
> grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub grub 
> grub grub
> 
> this goes on forever, filling screen after screen and gradually slows 
> down and down.
> 
> Has anyone seen this happen before, or know what might cause it?  I 
> can't find any reference via Google


Resolution to this problem:

1. Boot from a Live Spin (I now love Live Spins)

2. Use the Logical Volume instructions here:

    http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=214137

    to mount the root and boot partitions then to re-install grub

3. Reboot server and all is well


Thanks to the person who posted the solution in that thread.  I figured 
the steps out myself independently, than stumbled across the thread 
(typical!).  The steps are exactly the same as I used, so I thought that 
it was worth linking them here.

Now to get on with the F10 upgrade.

Langdon