Re: getting a linux boot loader (preferably grub) installed on an intel imsm raid

["K. Posern" <quickhelp@gmail.com>]

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Thanks again!

On 19/08/10 20:46, Jiang, Dave wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
> So I created a RAID0 like your setup. I have md0 as the container and md127 as the RAID0 volume. Fedora 12 installed grub on /dev/md127. The grub version from F12 is 0.97. I was able to rerun grub-install on /dev/md127 successfully. My device map contains:
> (hd0)		/dev/md127
>
> Do you have to use grub2?
No.

Attached my results with grub-0.97 (-r10).
The error 22 I mentioned... maybe I am just not seeing it... like 
something /very/ obvious... ?

/dev/md/126 is my volume with the partitions, /dev/md127 is my container

I can give you ssh access to the machine, just send me your pub key.

XMPP chat: tormen@jabber.org

Knuth

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/vola # grub-install /dev/md126                                   $1 #367 root@sysresccd pts/1

expr: non-integer argument


    GNU GRUB  version 0.97  (640K lower / 9216K upper memory)

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   lists possible command completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
   completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup  --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/grub (hd0,)
 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 (hd0,0)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,0)"... failed (this is not fatal)
 Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /grub/stage1 (hd0,0) /grub/stage2 p /grub/menu.lst "... failed

Error 22: No such partition
grub> quit

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/vola # grub --device-map=/dev/null                $1 #367 root@sysresccd pts/1


    GNU GRUB  version 0.97  (640K lower / 9216K upper memory)

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   lists possible command completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
   completions of a device/filename. ]

grub> device(hd0) /dev/md126

Error 27: Unrecognized command

grub> device (hd0) /dev/md126

grub> root (hd0,
 Possible partitions are:
   Partition num: 0,  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
   Partition num: 2,  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
   Partition num: 4,  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82
   Partition num: 5,  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
   Partition num: 6,  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x83
   Partition num: 7,  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x83
   Partition num: 8,  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x83
   Partition num: 9,  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
 Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"...  18 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
 Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+18 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/menu.lst"... failed

Error 22: No such partition

grub>

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