Re: FC4 Grub install problems

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On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 18:31 -0400, David Niemi wrote:
> I just installed FC4 i386_x64 onto a system with 2 IDE drives (ntfs) and
> 2 SATA drives.  The system is set to boot from the first SATA drive in
> the BIOS which I installed fedora to.  The upgrade FC3 -> FC4 appeared
> to go well except for the installation of grub.  System ran great with
> FC3.
> 
> When trying to boot all I get is "GRUB" no prompt or anything.  Booting
> from the DVD in rescue mode, mounting the installed FC4 and running
> grub, things appear to not work right.  At the grub prompt I cannot get
> any of the TAB completions.
> 
> With the old installation grub referenced (hd0,0) now it seems that it
> is (hd2,0).  It seems that all of the proper files are located in the
> boot partition.
> 
> should I:
> - edit the /boot/grub.grub.conf to refer to (hd2,0)
> - issue grub commands:
>    GRUB> root (hd2,0)
>    GRUB> setup (hd2)
> 

Check the mapping of drives in /boot/grub/device.map

And yes, if the mapping is correct you may need to fix the grub install.

> Thanks
>  Dave
> 


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