Chris, Did you happen to make a boot disk during installation? If so, can you boot off of this disk to get to your RedHat installation when the drives are attached directly to the motherboard?
AE -----Original Message----- From: Chris Mason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Hard drive boot problem The problem is not getting RIAD to work, I've abandoned that idea, the problem is I can't gt the hard drives to work not that I have ditched the RAID card. I beleive it altered the MRB so that the drives do not boot any more. Does anyone have an idea how to clear the MBR? Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670 http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide Talk to me in real time: MSN Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla US Fax and Voicemail: (605)253-1759 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan M. Slivko Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Hard drive boot problem > Just a rackmount 3U case with a Asus TUV4X motherboard. Is that relevant? > > Chris Mason > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies > Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670 > http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide > Talk to me in real time: > MSN Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla > US Fax and Voicemail: (605)253-1759 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathan M. Slivko > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Hard drive boot problem > > > > > > Just took delivery of a rack mount server with an Adaptec 1200A RAID > > controller and two 80GB IDE drives. > > > > The RAID conntroller does not work with Linux, so I am ditching it. > However, > > when I install on the Hard drives connected to the motherboard, they will > > not boot after the install. The BIOS sees them fine. > > > > If I have them connected to the RAID controller, Redhat sees them fine as > > two drives and can install on them and boot, but they don't boot on the > > motherboards interface. > > I suspect the RAID controller has messed up the MBR, but I am not sure. > Any > > ideas why this is a problem. > > > > > > > > > > Chris Mason > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies > > Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670 > > http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide > > Talk to me in real time: > > MSN Instant Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla > > US Fax and Voicemail: (605)253-1759 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > What kind of rackmount? > -- Jonathan > > -- > Jonathan M. Slivko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Systems Administrator - ClickNet Solutions, Inc. > web: http://www.clicknetsolutions.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > I was trying to determine whether it was a Compaq DL<something>, they have issues with those running Linux. However, all that may be required is just getting a new RAID controller that is Red Hat Certified. -- Jonathan -- Jonathan M. Slivko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems Administrator - ClickNet Solutions, Inc. web: http://www.clicknetsolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
