Description of problem: anaconda fails to install grub on a newly-installed machine with its /boot partition on a RAID-1 volume. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start the FC3 installer. Set up a RAID-1 volume md0 on two partitions (say, sda1 and sda2). Create ext3 /boot on md0. 2. Use the default grub options, and complete the FC3 install. 3. Allow the machine to reboot. Actual results: grub does not start on boot; the system sits with a blank screen. Expected results: grub should start on boot. Additional info: As a workaround, you can start the system from the install CD in rescue mode. Use chroot /mnt/sysimage to mount the root partition. Unfortunately, grub-install will not work (complains about md0 not being a BIOS drive), so you must type the following commands directly into grub: # grub > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) > quit Then Ctrl-D to reboot. grub should start normally at this point.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 114690 ***
(In reply to comment #0) > Description of problem: > anaconda fails to install grub on a newly-installed machine with its > /boot partition on a RAID-1 volume. > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Start the FC3 installer. Set up a RAID-1 volume md0 on two > partitions (say, sda1 and sda2). Create ext3 /boot on md0. > 2. Use the default grub options, and complete the FC3 install. > 3. Allow the machine to reboot. > > Actual results: > grub does not start on boot; the system sits with a blank screen. > Expected results: > grub should start on boot. > Additional info: > As a workaround, you can start the system from the install CD in > rescue mode. Use chroot /mnt/sysimage to mount the root partition. > Unfortunately, grub-install will not work (complains about md0 not > being a BIOS drive), so you must type the following commands directly > into grub: > # grub > > root (hd0,0) > > setup (hd0) > > quit > Then Ctrl-D to reboot. grub should start normally at this point. Unfortunately the above procedure only installs the bootloader on one of the disks. So add this to the above: >root (hd1,0) >setup (hd1) To setup boot loader on your second disk also.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.