Just do a "grub-install /dev/hda" to reinitialize grub on the correct partition and everything should be fine, KISS.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schwendt Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GRUB failure -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 13:22:57 -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Recently I had to remove /dev/hdb from a server to get it > replaced. > The OS is installed entirely on /dev/hda (including swap), and hdb was > a mere backup drive (it was actually added AFTER the server was > initially installed, up and running.) Nothing on the OS depended on > this drive being there, or being accessible. However, to my surprise, > after removing the drive and attempting to start the server back up, I > was presented with a black screen with the word GRUB in the upper left > hand corner. Nothing else, it wouldn't boot, it just sat there. The > only way I was able to get the server running again was to either put > hdb back into the system, or boot off of the boot floppy I always keep > around. That boots the system up and runs just fine, but it won't boot > any other way. > > So, why is that? Why is Grub refusing to boot after I removed > that > drive? Give us a look at your /boot/grub/device.map and /boot/grub/grub.conf, please. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/KsuJ0iMVcrivHFQRAlz4AJ4wvuS5wRz5hjnDeTCbn2QOJ2f08wCdGwm/ jndTntCYno7i6ps22sRQTm4= =H2kQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
