[CentOS] Grub fails on dell optiplex 320

Wed Jun 30 20:54:50 UTC 2010
Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>

 

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> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jason Pyeron
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:54
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> Subject: [CentOS] Grub fails on dell optiplex 320
> 
> After reading:
> *[1] http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=141178
> *[2]
https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=22187&
forum=39
> *[3]
http://wirelessness.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/installing-fedora-linux-on-a-dell-o
ptiplex-320/
> *[4]
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-desktops/2007-January/000148.html
*[5] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=244067

Open bug at RedHat....
 
> 
> 1. I booted with linux rescue
> 2. chroot /mnt/sysimage
> 3. yum upgrade
> 4. reboot
> 5. 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
> 6. hang...
> 
> 
> Per [4] this should have been fixed in 2.6.20 (2007), did 
> this get back ported by the upstream? The LILO solution wont 
> work because we have to use LVM.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 

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