Greetings again,
I have yet another issue with my server. I cannot update my GRUB menu.
I have a RAID 1 set up as follows on FC3 with latest official updates:
/dev/hda, /dev/hdb, and /dev/hdc, with hda and hdb containing two
mirrors and /dev/hdc as a hot spare.
/dev/md0 is /boot with 1GB of space on and ext3 filesystem
/dev/md1 is a linux LVM with a separate logical volume for each major
mount point (/usr, /var, /, /home, etc.) using ext3 on a single volume
group.
Grub is currently installed across all three MBRs on each drive, and the
RAIDs are healthy.
I attempt to install GRUB on /dev/hda (hd0) using the grub interactive
mode:
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2
/grub/grub.conf"... succee
ded
Done.
I get the same results with the other two drives, hd1 and hd2.
I am currently using grub-0.95-3.
Here is my /boot/grub/grub.conf and /boot/grub/device.map:
[admin@mrtg grub]# cat device.map
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/hdb
(hd2) /dev/hdc
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/Volume00/root
# initrd /initrd-version.img
boot=/dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/hdc
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.766_FC3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.766_FC3 ro root=/dev/Volume00/root
initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.766_FC3.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.681_FC3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 ro root=/dev/Volume00/root
acpi=off
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/Volume00/root acpi=off
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
My BIOS settings are set to boot in this order: IDE0, IDE1, IDE2. I
isolated the boot to IDE0 for the sake of troubleshooting this, though.
Boot other devices is disabled.
Instead of getting the menu with the three choices, I still see my older
menu containing only the two older kernels after rebooting. I never had
this much trouble with a boot loader before, and I am even considering
switching it over to LILO because it seems to handle software RAID so
much better, that is, if I cannot resolve this issue.
--
Shawn Iverson
Technology Associate
MCP W2K3S and W2KP, Linux+, Network+, A+
New Castle Community School Corporation
shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
