> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 9:29 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Grub booting issue > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499204 > > > > Given I can boot the install disk and chroot in, there must be away > > around Grub while still keeping LVM installed. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Screen says: > > > > Booting Centos (2.6.18-194.3.1.el5) > > > > root (hd0,0) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel > > /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x1db35c] > > > > And then hangs. It is aleged that Grub probes aroung the bios which > > chrashes on optiplex 320s > > I just was rebuilding a Vostro the other day, and had all > *kinds* of grief, including it hanging on the way up... until > I went into the BIOS, and in "integrated peripherals", I > think it was, saw "SATA Mode", and it was set to IDE. ONLY > when I arrowed down to that option did I see info on the side > saying it was for "XP, Vista and <older? newer?>. The other > option was RAID. I set it to that... and the install went > with no problems. > > Then there was the older rackmount I rebuilt a few months > ago, that I had to unset an option that was *only* for OS/2.... > Trudging through bios again. > Have you <alt-F3> or <alt-F4>, and seen what it's logging? > Please elaborate on the alt-f4/f4 thing. -Jason -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.