Thus spake akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 04:45:17PM -0500, Joel Uckelman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently set up a software RAID1 and since then haven't been able to get > > grub to recognize my grub.conf. Now instead of the splash screen and a list > > of boot options, I just get the grub shell prompt on boot. > > > > After setting up the RAID, I did the following from the grub shell: > > > > root (hd0,0) > > setup (hd0) > > root (hd1,0) > > setup (hd1) > > > > which should have installed grub to the master boot records of both drives. > > If I set the root manually at the prompt and point grub to my grub.conf > > using the configfile command, my grub.conf is used and booting goes normall > y > > from there. > > > > Any ideas about what's going on here? > > > > -- > > J. > Why exactly are you saving the grub boot to the MBR of two different > drives? As I understand it, this is so that the system can still boot normally if the first drive in the RAID dies. -- J.
