> Michael Tautschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Yes. > > So - what did the grub installation tell you there? > > Nothing, that's the problem. Is it at least telling you that the command is run?
> > >> That's what I was thinking. However, I can't seem to figure out how > >> grub *should* be installed properly from within FAI wrt a RAID1 set. > >> > > To what extend is installation from within FAI different from a "normal" > > installation of grub? > > Well, this is also in combination with a RAID1 set across 4 disks. > So, I guess it differs in that the root (/) partition is not on any > one disk, but an md device. So, does grub get installed to the MBR, > or to the root partition on md0? > > Also, should I be using grub-install (which I've never had much luck > with even outside of FAI), update-grub, or echo <<EOF ... | grub ? > > Currently, my install seems to be hanging on the grub install: > > :/tmp/fai# ps auxww | grep grub > root 14180 0.0 0.0 2580 1280 tty1 S 15:44 0:00 /bin/sh > /sbin/grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/tmp/target /dev/sda > root 14282 0.0 0.0 6004 548 tty1 D 15:46 0:00 //sbin/grub > --batch --no-floppy --device-map=/tmp/target/boot/grub/device.map > root 14297 0.0 0.0 1544 500 pts/0 S 15:48 0:00 grep grub > > I can almost guarantee that the reason that second line is in a D > state is that it's waiting on a floppy drive which doesn't exist, this > despite the presence of --no-floppy option. > Is this command run by FAI or are you doing it manually? However, here (http://www.linuxsa.org.au/mailing-list/2003-07/1270.html) it states that you need to install grub on all of your disks. In this case you will need to adapt the scripts in the GRUB/ directory to fit your needs. HTH, Michael
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