Am 09. Apr, 2007 schwätzte Kenneth so: > --- "der.hans" wrote: > >> Short Version: >> >> I can't get my new drives to boot. The first stage for grub doesn't load. >> I used grub-install in an attempt to set the new drives up for booting. >> >> sda is one of the new drives. >> >> I tried the following. >> >> grub-install /dev/sda >> grub-install /dev/sda1 > > You mention using the tab-completion for partitions. Which grub commands did > you use from the grub prompt, and what were the results? I believe if you > use the root command, it will tell you it's searching for the stage2 files, > and whatever else it does. Or maybe that's when you use the setup command, I > don't remember off the top of my head. I used the root command. It was generally from grub started at the command line from a booted system. I did run it once or twice between stages when the system was booting OK and got expected mappings. > I haven't set up raid on any Linux, so if it's related to that I probably > can't help. I don't think it is. The RAID setup should be irrelevant. I only mentioned it in case there is some hidden gotcha. Since I'm using a primary partition for / the RAID shouldn't come into the equation. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # "Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but # that is not the reason we are doing it." -- Richard Feynman