Lenny + Dell PE 2970
I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little
success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images
check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error:
Unable to install grub in (hd0)
Executing 'grub-install (hd0)' failed
This is a fatal error.
There is nothing in the install logs that really jumps out at me as to
what could be the problem.
I've tried continuing without loading grub and tried to install grub
from the rescue mode. Same problem, I get a 'grub error 1'.
This machine has three SATA drives. If I open a shell during the
install, I can see /boot/grub/stage1. From what I can tell, it appears
there is some sort of problem with reading the disks.
Any thoughts or ideas as to what might be the issue would be appreciated.
Below is a snippet of the relevant portion of the logs.
Thanks,
Mike
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '(hd0)'
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target
grub-install --no-floppy --recheck "(hd0)"
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer: You shouldn't call /sbin/grub-install.
Please call /usr/sbin/grub-install instead!
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer:
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer: Searching for GRUB installation
directory ...
Mar 19 20:45:07 grub-installer: found: /boot/grub
Mar 19 20:45:13 grub-installer: The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read
correctly.
Mar 19 20:45:13 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install
--no-floppy --recheck "(hd0)"' failed.
Mar 19 20:46:18 main-menu[1816]: WARNING **: Configuring
'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
Mar 19 20:46:18 main-menu[1816]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer'
failed.
Mar 19 20:46:21 main-menu[1816]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit
from 'high' to 'medium'
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