>From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tod Merley >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 1:52 PM >To: For users of Fedora >Subject: Re: Grub clarification > > >On Dec 3, 2007 10:53 AM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I am trying to install F8 onto my old system and having >> trouble getting grub to find the drive. Here is the story. >> [snip!] > >Hi Daniel B. Thurman! > >Two things come to mind: > >1. HW! Some drives and CMOS combinations just do not work. Check the >CMOS client, that it sees the drive and that the drive is high on the >boot list. Check to see that it is Master on the first IDE bus. >Since it is an old system you might do well to load the defaults and >edit the boot list (a "until you shut the power off" fix for a bad >CMOS battery). > >2. Mis-placed or malformed Master Boot Record (MBR). The MBR needs to >be the very first 512 bytes of the disk - loading GRUB on the second >partition sounds strange although the MBR can be built to find GRUB >anywhere. To help sort that one out I refer you to a Google search on >"grub thestarman" and the GRUB manual. > >Good Hunting! > >Tod > Yeah, that is part of my original problem. I have several other disks and they are attached to SCSI drives as well. The BIOS is a bit screwy in try to determine the order of how disks are being read and which comes first? The SCSI drives or the IDE drives? I still couldn't figure this out. The system is: VA Linux Systems: 501. Pretty old. When I first started with F8-Live, the screen showing custom partitions displayed in order: /dev/sda SCSI disk 1 /dev/sdb SCSI disk 2 /dev/sdc IDE-0 Primary disk 3 /dev/sdd IDE-0 Secondary disk 4 So in THAT case, I tried to install GRUB in /dev/sdc1 and choosed the Advanced Options to set MBR @ /dev/sdc1. This did not work. So - then I decided to remove ALL SCSI drives and in doing so, I was left with: /dev/sda IDE-0 Primary disk 1 /dev/sdb IDE-0 Secondary disk 2 So, I am focusing on this right now trying to get things going but then again, I am still not able to get GRUB to get started and all I see on a boot is a black screen with the word: GRUB at the top-left corner of my monitor. >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release >Date: 12/2/2007 8:34 PM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1165 - Release Date: 12/2/2007 8:34 PM
