Can't you put the SATA drive on native instead of IDE in your bios ? It decreases performance and could be problematic. 2010/9/19 Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> > On Sun, 19 Sep 2010, Rob Del Vecchio wrote: > > > To: centos at centos.org > > From: Rob Del Vecchio <rob.delvecchio at gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] GRUB woes: GRUB Hard Disk Error > > > > Update: on a hunch, I tried installing Ubuntu Server. Interestingly, the > > GRUB installation failed during setup, however the LILO installation > > completed successfully, the Ubuntu installation boots correctly. > > > > For me, the whole reason to start using CentOS was to move away from > Ubuntu. > > I could do 3 things: > > Try to install grub under Ubuntu and then use this > > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallFromGRUB as a guide, or > > > > Something like this: The above except using LILO, or > > > > Try to install the LILO boot loader after a CentOS installation; in > rescue > > mode. > > > > > > Better ideas or suggestions? > > > > TIA > > > > Rob > > Well I'd wipe the drive clean using Gparted with a cross > format. Do a minimal kickstart installation to install GRUB > on the MBR. > > Prior to that make sure the BIOS settings are OK for the > SATA drive. > > That shouldn't take to long. > > HTH > > Keith > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100919/1fb89114/attachment-0005.html>