[CentOS] CentOS 5 grub boot problem

Mon Aug 10 13:20:34 UTC 2015
Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at BUC.com>

On 8/7/2015 8:35 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> wrote:
>> I tried the grub commands you gave and still got the same results. I also
>> have a copy of the SuperGrub disc, which is supposed to be able to fix grub
>> problems.  It can boot the drive, but it can't fix it.  If nothing else, I
>> guess I could just leave that disc in the drive and use it to boot the
>> system.
>>
>> I'm going to do a fresh install to the new drives and see if that works.
> I suppose it's worth a shot. But like I mentioned earlier, keep in
> mind that CentOS 5 predates AF drives, so it will not correctly
> partition these drives such that they have proper 8 sector alignment.

The fresh install will be with CentOS 6.  A quick test with a minimal 
install booted without any problems, so it looks like this is the solution.

> If you haven't already, check the logic board firmware and the HBA
> firmware for current updates.

I try to avoid firmware updates on established systems unless absolutely 
necessary.  Since the CentOS 6 install produces a bootable system, I'm 
going to leave it as-is.

-- 
Bowie