Same situation here. Without the add-in raid controller installed, system boots perfectly. Wish I could hide it from grub or something... On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:29:36 -0500, Gary Pearson <Gary_Pearson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had a similar problem loading Suse 8 on a 2650 once I installed an > adaptec 2200 for an external array. Without it installed, no problems > booting from the perc 3/di, with it installed grub stage2error every > time. Had a little luck booting from the installed OS (off SLES8 install > cd) but ran out of time to really troubleshoot. I went back to a 3120 > for now until I can get time to try again. > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-poweredge-bounces@xxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linux OnTheEdge > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:14 AM > To: linux-poweredge@xxxxxxxx; fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Perc3Di SCSI RAID + Adaptec 2810SA RAID = Fatal Grub Error? > > I have a Dell PowerEdge 2650 with on-board Adaptec Perc3Di SCSI RAID > controller (mirrored 18GB drives for OS). It also has an add-in > Adaptec 2810SA 8-channel SATA RAID card. After installing FC3, and > installing GRUB to the MBR of the mirrored 18GB drives for OS, when I > boot the system, I get "GRUB Loading Stage2Read Error". > > The Dell system and both RAID controllers were updated to their latest > BIOS versions prior to installing the OS. > > I even tried (to no avail) booting into rescue mode, chrooting, and > running: > "grub-install /dev/sda". > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@xxxxxxxx > http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > >
