From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-0.22 i686) Description of problem: Most times when using grub the systems never boots. Stops at 'grub loading stage2' One out of 5 times that the system does boot I do not have sound or floppy drive. Strange. With lilo, system mostly boots Win2k and always boots Linux. Plus sound works and floppy works. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.construct /boot/grub/grub.conf and write to mbr. 2.If system doesn't hang and load (one in 5 chance). Select linux. sound doesn't work and cann't be configured because system claims no sound card. (S.B. Awe 128). Can't use floppy. Attempts to mount claim /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device. 3. Configure /etc/lilo.conf and install. Systems works MOST TIMES for Win2K and always for Linux. No hangs. Sound works and I did a mkbootdisk. No other changes than grub vs. lilo Actual Results: see above Expected Results: should be able to select different boots. Lilo is better but still not real real dependable. Additional info: I use lba32 in lilo.conf. I have a dual scsi disk system. sda is 73 gig and has win2k. sdb1 is linux. Only '/' and 'swap' partitions on sdb. sda1 is ntfs.
What sort of hardware is this on (motherboard, etc)? Also, are you running the most current BIOS available?
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