[CentOS] server fails to boot GRUB and flashing cursor

Mon Aug 13 19:24:15 UTC 2012
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Dan Carl wrote:
> I have a power edge with raid5 that contains Centos 5.4.
> I had a drive failure, anyway the array is optimal now but the server
> won't boot.
> I can boot from a Centos 5.3 liveCD and all the data is still there.
>
> There is no grub.conf just shows a broken link.
> Is fixing this as simple as gub-install |--root-directory=/mnt/disc/sda3
> /dev/sda|
>
> Before screwing things up I am seeking your all's advice.
> Thanks in advance
> Dan
>
> # fdisk -l /dev/sda
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72729231360 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8842 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
> /dev/sda2              14         658     5180962+  82  Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda3             659        8842    65737980   83  Linux
>
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?

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