RE: Hard drive boot problem

[Adam Ellis <AdamE AccelGrp com>]

Chris,

Did you happen to make a boot disk during installation?  If so, can you boot
off of this disk to get to your RedHat installation when the drives are
attached directly to the motherboard?

AE

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Mason [mailto:masonc masonc com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:01 AM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: RE: Hard drive boot problem


The problem is not getting RIAD to work, I've abandoned that idea, the
problem is I can't gt the hard drives to work not that I have ditched the
RAID card. I beleive it altered the MRB so that the drives do not boot any
more.
Does anyone have an idea how to clear the MBR?

Chris Mason
masonc masonc com
Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies
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-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Jonathan M. Slivko
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:45 PM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: RE: Hard drive boot problem




> Just a rackmount 3U case with a Asus TUV4X motherboard. Is that relevant?
>
> Chris Mason
> masonc masonc com
> Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies
> Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670
> http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide
> Talk to me in real time:
> MSN Instant Messenger: masonc92 hotmail com
> Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla
> US Fax and Voicemail: (605)253-1759
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Jonathan M. Slivko
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:20 PM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Hard drive boot problem
>
>
>
>
> > Just took delivery of a rack mount server with an Adaptec 1200A RAID
> > controller and two 80GB IDE drives.
> >
> > The RAID conntroller does not work with Linux, so I am ditching it.
> However,
> > when I install on the Hard drives connected to the motherboard, they
will
> > not boot after the install. The BIOS sees them fine.
> >
> > If I have them connected to the RAID controller, Redhat sees them fine
as
> > two drives and can install on them and boot, but they don't boot on the
> > motherboards interface.
> > I suspect the RAID controller has messed up the MBR, but I am not sure.
> Any
> > ideas why this is a problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris Mason
> > masonc masonc com
> > Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies
> > Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 Cell: 264 235 5670
> > http://www.anguillaguide.com/ The Anguilla Guide
> > Talk to me in real time:
> > MSN Instant Messenger: masonc92 hotmail com
> > Yahoo:netconcepts_anguilla
> > US Fax and Voicemail: (605)253-1759
> >
> >
> >
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> What kind of rackmount?
> -- Jonathan
>
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> Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko clicknetsolutions com>
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I was trying to determine whether it was a Compaq DL<something>, they have
issues with those running Linux. However, all that may be
required is just getting a new RAID controller that is Red Hat Certified.

-- Jonathan

--
Jonathan M. Slivko <jslivko clicknetsolutions com>
Systems Administrator - ClickNet Solutions, Inc.
web: http://www.clicknetsolutions.com/



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