RH9 -> FC2 breaks GRUB?

[Andrew Leahy]

Hello,

I'm in the process of upgrading a bunch of systems across campus from 
Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 2 (via a complete re-install) and I've run 
across an interesting problem.  In two of the four different types of 
systems I've upgraded, GRUB no longer works after installing FC2.  The 
symptoms are that after the initial installation the system will hang on 
the reboot with only the word "GRUB" displayed in the upper left-hand 
corner of the screen.  The systems where grub continues to work after 
the upgrade use Asus A7M266-D and Supermicro 370DL3 motherboards.  The 
systems where grub no longer works are based on Asus P4B and Asus 
CUV4X-D motherboards.  I mention the motherboards because in at least 
one case (Asus P4B) the solution was to upgrade to the latest BIOS. 
However, that trick hasn't worked with the CUV4X-D motherboard.

One other difference between the two systems is that the systems where 
grub fails have two hard drives (with linux being installed on the 
master disk).  However, I've done the installation with the other drive 
disconnected and come across the same problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

Andrew Leahy


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