RHEL5.3 x64 first boot problem on FTS RX300 S6 - grub not loading

[Sanjay Chakraborty]

I believe you need to install MBR.

if your system boots with dvd type grub-install /dev/hda1

Sanjay Chakraborty


On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Ostrowski, Tomasz (NSN - TH/Bangkok)
<tomasz.ostrowski at nsn.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I just wonder if it is known case that right after installation of RHEL 5.3
> x64 on FTS RX300 S6 the grub is even not loading.
> What I've done is standard RAID (mirroring) configuration in the LSI menu
> (CTRL + C during post)
> hd1 + hd3 = mirror1
> hd2 + hd4 = mirror2
>I
> I've booter from DVD installed like via gui (no lvm) everything on sda:
> /boot    ext3    200MB   (sda1)
> /    ext3    40960MB    (sda2)
> Swap    ext3    20480MB
> /opt    ext3 <Free space>
> /var    ext3    10240MB
> /usr    ext3    10240MB
> /home    ext3    20480MB
> /tmp    ext3    20480MB
>
> Then after reboot when the server wants to boot the screen becomes black,
> and there is no grub.
>
> I've booted to rescue mode with rhel DVD, performed grub installation
>  "setup (hd0) (hd0,0)" the result was successful but still after reboot the
> screen is black :(.
>
> Do you have any hints about this?
>
> Do you think that using dd to load stage1 directly into /dev/sda could be
> good idea?
>
> Regards
> Tomek
>
>
>
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