Hi,
I got today to another round of troubleshooting the GRUB freeze problem
which I described in my original post -
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=127545&tstart=0
I found something new that probably hints at the underlying cause. When
I start GRUB from the LiveCD, then enter shell mode by pressing 'c' and
use the following command:
root (hd1,2)
GRUB hangs and I have to reboot using CTRL-ALT-DEL.
Howver, entering
root (hd1,0)
root (hd1,1)
root (hd0,0)
root (hd0,1)
e.g. setting the root file system to where the ext2 Linux file systems
(rather than the ZFS) are located works without problem. Needless to
say, it doesn't help.
Furthermore, using the 'find' and 'findroot' commands also makes the
LiveCD GRUB hang. I suppose this has the same cause as the 'root'
command not working.
But does the LiveCD GRUB freeze after entering the 'root' command
pointing to the OpenSolaris bootable partition indeed characterize my
original problem? Can anyone with a working configuration tell me
whether the same command works or freezes for them?
How to proceed from here? The only idea I have is to wipe out the Linux
partitions altogether and put OpenSolaris in the first partition in hope
that it works then. However, it's a desperate solution and wouldn't help
understand the problem at all. Is there a way how I could make GRUB give
more information? I tried the 'debug' option in the GRUB shell, but this
doesn't change anything. How difficult would it be to recompile the
OpenSolaris version of GRUB myself and maybe burn it to a CD or a USB
stick in order to make it speak? Could I do it using the LiveCD itself?
Best regards,
Jan Ploski
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