Re: Grub 0.97 bad in 7.0.4 EN DVD?
On 2012-09-20 22:28 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata composed:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=Z75
Rather new BTX system with Intel 7 Series/C210 Series chipset using Legacy
BIOS setting with either IDE or AHCI set in BIOS producing same failure.
Fdisk -l reports the WD3200AZDX 320GB HD has 512/4096 configuration with 4096
optimal block size. I partitioned using 64 head 32 sector alignment prior to
booting 7.0.4.
After booting 7.0.4 I first did:
rm /boot
mkdir /boot
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /boot
then copied the usual grub files to /boot/grub and made a device map file
using by-id instead of sda for (hd0).
Grub from shell prompt gives a grub> prompt, but executing 'find
/boot/grub/stage1' locks up the command, with no problem evident in dmesg
that I can see. Doing kill -9 on grub PID then trying grub again
grub> root (hd0,2)
grub> setup (hd0,2)
seemed to proceed normally, but results in boot failure message from BIOS
trying to start from HD. sda3 is set active, and Windows MBR code is still in
place.
I may not have anything else around new enough, assuming 7.0.4 is, to support
the hardware. Anyone have any suggestions?
I moved the HD to a G41/ICH7 system with same result.
Next I tried a 6.7.1 CD, which could find no HD in the newer system, also
resulting in same find hang; and 6.2 DVD; and 6.0.1 CD.
Next I tried a Mageia 2 installation CD. find worked, but again from HD boot
attempt "error loading operating system". :-(
Next I used a DFSee boot CD to install IBM MBR code, and HD boot brings up
the Grub menu I expected some hours ago.
In any event, something's wrong with Knoppix Grub 0.97 that never gave me
trouble before today.
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