[CentOS] server fails to boot GRUB and flashing cursor

Mon Aug 13 19:41:48 UTC 2012
Dan Carl <danc at bluestarshows.com>

On 8/13/2012 2:24 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> 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?\
Its a hardware raid5 perc.
I cannot mount the boot partition sda1.
sda3 mounts fine this is where the OS is.
What to do?
Dan


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