Hi all!
I'm retro-fitting some legacy PCs with HighPoint Technology ATA133 controllers and have run into a problem with the AMI mainboard systems (Microstar MS-6117 BIOS upgraded to v2.0). I'm installing RH8.0 directly to the drive on this controller, and all goes fine during install (I do have to install in text expert mode so the parameters hde=noprobe hdf=noprobe hdg=noprobe hdh=noprobe are passed). All goes great until finished and the system reboot; after changing the boot sequence so that SCSI loads (per instructions), the system hangs for a bit with the message
GRUB Loading stage2...
before finally dumping me at a
grub>
prompt. Bear in mind I chose graphical mode during install. Also bear in mind that this entire process worked great on the first system I did, but it was an Intel board. I sent an e-mail to the vendor and haven't heard back yet, and can't call them until 09:00 PST so I thought I throw this out to the group for comment.
It seems like all could proceed OK if I just new what commands to pass at the grub prompt. During install, the MBR on \dev\sda was specified as the boot sector. Can anyone give suggestions on how I can walk through this? I'm guessing that some config file somewhere is off-kilter and needs to be updated once I can get in.
Thanks!
Stuart
