On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 15:14 +0200, Ostrowski, Tomasz (NSN - TH/Bangkok) wrote: > Hello All, > > I just wonder if it is known case that right after installation of RHEL > 5.3 x64 on FTS RX300 S6 the grub is even not loading. > What I've done is standard RAID (mirroring) configuration in the LSI > menu (CTRL + C during post) > hd1 + hd3 = mirror1 > hd2 + hd4 = mirror2 > > I've booter from DVD installed like via gui (no lvm) everything on sda: > /boot ext3 200MB (sda1) > / ext3 40960MB (sda2) > Swap ext3 20480MB > /opt ext3 <Free space> > /var ext3 10240MB > /usr ext3 10240MB > /home ext3 20480MB > /tmp ext3 20480MB > > Then after reboot when the server wants to boot the screen becomes > black, and there is no grub. > > I've booted to rescue mode with rhel DVD, performed grub installation > "setup (hd0) (hd0,0)" the result was successful but still after reboot > the screen is black :(. > > Do you have any hints about this? > > Do you think that using dd to load stage1 directly into /dev/sda could > be good idea? > > Regards > Tomek > > > > -- > Tomasz Ostrowski > Nokia Siemens Networks Ltd, Thailand > OPS Integrated OEM and Digital Supply/APAC > Mobile NEW: +66 824 85 87 70 > Time Zone: GMT+7 > Hi Tomek, Have you check on your controller if there is any option to select which virtual disk should be a boot device? Some controllers offer that option. >From your post it looks you setup 2xRAID1 VDs. If non of them or the wrong one has the boot flag set the system won't boot from this VD. I do not know this platform, but have you got a BIOS boot menu available? If yes, have you tried to select it? Are you sure you are booting from the correct device? Kindest regards, Ges -------------------------------------------------------------- 01000111 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100001 01110000 01100101 http://counter.li.org #239224 Registration 2001-10-29 07:19:32 -= GNU/Linux - The Experience of Freedom =- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
