Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why
Op Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:17:04 +0200, schreef Pascal Hambourg:
>> I have installed grub,
>
> In a chroot ?
> Did you properly install the GRUB bootloader on both disks ?
>
> grub-install /dev/sda grub-install /dev/sdb
The installation is with debootstrap from the rescue prompt.
Then I chroot into the installation, adjust my settings and install grub2.
It asks to what devices I want to install, and I always choose /dev/sda
and /dev/sdb
> Did you run update-grub in a chroot to create a grub configuration file
> in /boot/grub and did you check it ?
Yes. After the installation of grub which does already do all that,
I have done update-grub, grub-install, and checked the /boot/grub/grub.cfg
file. I've checked the disk/raid UUID's, compared them and it's all ok.
I made sure the correct UUID is placed in my /etc/fstab also to load boot.
Same method of install works offline in Virtualbox.
> Note that GPT is only required on disks larger that 2 TiB. But it's so
> cool even on smaller disks. However, some BIOSes are broken and may not
> boot a standard GPT disk, see
> <http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html#bios>
Thanks for the info. The disks are 2 TB. I've tried an installation with
the OVH installer, and it chose GPT for the disks too, and it booted.
GPT should be ok.
>> only a small EF02 Bios boot partition as I read you need one for some
>> Grub files when using GPT layout.
>
> Small ? 24 MiB is just huge for this partition. Even 1 MiB is big.
Yeah but one gets a bit paranoia after trying install after install and
seeing how this install works locally but not on a dedicated server :)
Thanks for the info,
Regards,
Bene
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