From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JMKEc-0005Wx-7r for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:36:58 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMKEZ-0005WA-OA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:36:55 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JMKEY-0005Vi-NE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:36:54 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JMKEY-0005Vc-96 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:36:54 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JMKEY-00064f-2n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:36:54 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JMKEW-0007nv-GD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:36:52 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JMKD1-00081Q-Eo for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:35:19 +0100 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:35:19 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080205093519.GA30578@thorin> References: <1202161005.7223.38.camel@xerces> <20080204224338.GC28299@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: grub2 and Linux software RAID devices X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:36:56 -0000 On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 01:32:46AM +0000, Sam Morris wrote: > > Version 1.96+20080203-1 behaves differently; I am simply dropped to the > rescue shell, and I can't load any modules (because root is set to > (hd1,2) which does not show up when I run 'ls'). I guessed that this is > because 'pc' is not in the list of modules included when grub-install > creates core.img. Did you make sure 'pc' is loaded before 'raid' ? This was required, at least for LVM. > If I add 'pc' to core.img then things are much healthier: I am still > dropped into the rescue shell, but I can load the 'normal' module, issue > the 'normal' command and then I get the (pretty!) menu and am able to > boot normally. I'm still not sure why I'm dropped into the rescue shell > in the first place, however. There's a flash of text before the prompt > appears, but the screen is cleared much to fast to read any of it. Please can you take a picture of what you see right after the text is cleared? > ISTR that when I tried Jeroen Dekkers' patch before, I was no longer > booted into the rescue shell; but I can't remember (and I don't > understand why, if I was kicked into the rescue shell becuase grub tried > to read past the 'end' of my disk, why I can immediatly issue the > 'normal' command to go to the menu and have everything working). Sounds strange, yes. I suggest we try to fix the clearing error that prevents you from reading that text, then see if that helps us make progress. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)