Can you boot from CD, chroot into your system, install mdadm, then try
update-grub grub-install /dev/sda ?
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883720
Title:
oneiric fresh install to
So I decided to see if this problem was related to the fact that I am
trying to load to a RAID array or maybe it is a problem with the new 3TB
drive that I am using. So I tried to do an install to a single drive
(/dev/sda). Once again it installs OK (no errors reported) but will not
boot from
** Description changed:
Installing to two new 3TB drives (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb). sda1 sdb1
- are 1Mb and flagged as boot, sda2 and sdb2 are 2992GB, flagged as RAID
- and assembled as RAID-1 array MD0. sda3 and sdb3 are 8GB swap.
+ are 1Mb and flagged as bios_grub, sda2 and sdb2 are 2992GB,
When I booted from the alt CD and selected boot from first hard disk I
ended up at the grub rescue prompt. So I rebooted again from the alt
CD and selected rescue a broken system. Ran grub-install and rebooted.
Still will not boot from /dev/sda. But now it will boot /dev/sda if I
first boot from
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883720
After I re-installed with UEFI enabled I could still not boot. But I
found that I could boot using the alternate CD's boot from first hard
disk option. So it looks like maybe the install process did not write
the boot tracks to either of my drives. I tried using grub-install from
the command
I'm having similar problems (installing grub under amd64 with mdadm
raid1). Two questions - are you using GPT or MBR for your partition
tables, and is this system using BIOS or EFI?
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
i think I am using GPT. Not sure about BIOS or EFI. How can I tell?
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883720
Title:
oneiric fresh install to raid1 from alt amd64 CD - grub-install
Most of the Intel Sandy Bridge platforms use EFI; generally they will
start in BIOS emulation mode unless told otherwise. If you think your
platform might support EFI, try manually selecting the boot device once
the CD is inserted; there should be a (uefi) optical drive option or
similar if your
My motherboard is an Intel DG33FB. My BIOS version is
DPP3510.86A.0484.2008.0805.2031.
UEFI boot was disabled in the BIOS settings so I enabled it. I no longer
get the failure when GRUB installs. But the system still will not boot
after the installation is complete. No error messages, just the
** Description changed:
- Installing to two new 3TB drives (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb). installer
- works OK up to the point where it installs the GRUB boot loader to
- /dev/sda. Then it fails with the message grub-install /dev/sda failed.
- Retry fails again. Continue without boot loader shows no
11 matches
Mail list logo
