From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: Immediately after installing (not upgrading - full new install) FC2 on a box that previously ran FC1 and all of the FC2 test releases, grub hangs loading stage 2. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC2 2. Watch grub hang on first boot and every boot thereafter 3. Actual Results: grub hangs loading stage 2 Expected Results: Should have booted. Additional info: Guessing that anaconda is the culprit here, as running grub-install after booting from the rescue CD fixed the problem. Possibly related to the "Windows-killer" issue? ;-) Attached please find output from lspci -v and /boot/grub/device.map .
Created attachment 100348 [details] Output of "lspci -v"
Created attachment 100349 [details] Contents of /boot/grub/device.map
The same issue can be observed on a dual-opteron tyan board with PATA boot drive: Tyan Thunder K8S Pro S2882G3NR AMD Opteron 248 2-8GB RAM Boot disk: 6Y080P0 (80GB Maxtor PATA) The target system had SuSE preinstalled on /dev/hda1 in a reiserfs partition (FC2 is on /dev/hda4): # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 16655 8393931 83 Linux /dev/hda2 16655 24990 4200997+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 24991 45308 10240272 5 Extended /dev/hda4 45309 158816 57208032 83 Linux /dev/hda5 24991 33117 4095976+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 * 33118 45308 6144232+ 83 Linux Tom, did you have an install from scratch, e.g. no old partitions saved over? P.S. please change platform to "All"
Yes, this was fresh install. This box was previously a FC2 test 1/2/3 box. I tested an upgrade from FC2T3 fully updated, which worked fine, then ditched that and did a fresh install on the same machine, *but* (1) I kept the partitions as they were (same size and location, didn't delete and put them back but used them as they were), *but* (2) reformatted all system partitions except /home.
I believe I had the same problem. Upgrade from FC1 to FC2. Hang during stage2. I eventually fixed it by copying stage2 from /usr/share/grub/i386-redhat/ to /boot/grub/. At that time I also updated the System.map, config and vmlinuz links in /boot to point to the 2.6.5 files (e.g. System.map -> System. map-2.6.5-1.358smp). They were pointing to 2.4 files (e.g. System. map-2.4.???) that no longer existed. Not sure if that was necessary though.
I am observing something similar. Grub hangs at text prompt "GRUB" (prior to loading graphical menu). Tried copying stage2 as mentioned above, but I get same problem. This was on a machine that had Windows XP on it. First install I re- wrote all partions durring FC2 install. When I re-booted, I got the GRUB prompt followed by a bunch of weird characters. System hung. Next I used DOS FDISK to delete all partitions. Re-installed FC2. Now system hangs at the "GRUB" prompt. Tried grub-install /dev/sda while booted with rescue CD, but that did not help. Then tried copying stage2 as mentioned above but I still have the same problem.
This same thing happened to me. I installed Fidora core 3 on a machine that had Windows XP and it hung at "loading GRUB stage 2...". I did use disk druid to delete the xp partition and created a new swap and main. I will let you know how it goes. Ulcer Sam
Created attachment 106660 [details] MBR zap63 zip file MBR zap63 program
I was able to solve this problem by zapping the MBR and reinstalling. I guess Billy decided to protect his OS's MBR entries even after it was removed. you can find the program I used (zap.exe) to 'fix' the drive by going to: http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/asm/mbr/BootToolsRefs.htm download zap63 and put it on a DOS boot disk. Boot up with the disk and run the program. Reinstall FC3 and you're set! Worked for me. Good Luck Ulcer Sam
Fixed now