Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 49897
Dell WS530 System hang during Grub stage2
Last modified: 2015-01-07 18:49:02 EST
Description of Problem: Dell WS530 Dual 1.5G Procs hdd = scsi 36.7GB mem =2x512 dimms cdrom =ide floppy zip250 drive NV15 Video Card System will not boot to os after install, message displayed is "Grub loading stage2" and system hangs. This only happens if the zip250 disk is in the drive, removing the disk and rebooting does not fix the problem. If the disk is not inserted during the install error does not occurr. If I swap out the scsi hdd from the config above and replace it with a ide drive the error does not occurr, system install and boots even if the zip250 is in the drive. How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.install beta2 with scsi hdd and zip250 disk in drive. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Should be able to install os with scsi hdd and zip250. Additional Information:
This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for the Fairfax release.
Can you attach a copy of the grub.conf generated if you install with a zip disk in the drive (you can select lilo as the bootloader and /boot/grub/grub.conf will still be generated)
Created attachment 25167 [details] grub.conf
Beta 3 seems to have fixed the problem with the WS530, but I need to do further testing. I still have grub problems with PowerApp 110 Server (Bug# 49906). I'll post my findings as soon as I complete the tests. Were updates made to grub?
Changes have been made to be much more proactive about getting device mappings right, which might well have been the problem as well as various little packaging oddities which could have caused problems