Summary: | Grub displays screen full of "GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB" during boot. See bug# 1484. | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Raymond Ng Tong Leng <rntl> |
Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Robert Moss (RETIRED) <robmoss> |
Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
Severity: | blocker | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Raymond Ng Tong Leng
2004-12-30 10:42:39 UTC
Here are some additional info: Computer Brand: Hewlett Packard Model: Netserver E200 Bios: Award Medallion Bios Ver. 6.0 1. To reiterate, I installed Fedora Core 3 on a second hard disk and the grub (ver 0.95) from Fedora Core 3 booted with no problems on the HP Netserver. 2. I transferred the first hard disk that contained my Gentoo Linux with grub version 0.94-r1 to a different computer (AMD Duron) and grub booted just fine on the AMD Duron. 3. Thinking my HP Netserver needs grub 0.95, I hooked up a third hard disk onto the HP, reinstalled Gentoo onto the third hardisk, emerged grub-0.95.20040823 and rebooted. I still get "GRUB GRUB GRUB". Anybody has any ideas why Fedora Core 3's grub 0.95 can work but Gentoo's grub 0.95 and 0.94, can't? I am at a loss as to how to proceed next, other than to use Fedora Core 3, of course. Here are more stuff that I've tried: 1. grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map 2. disabled floppy drive in BIOS 3. commented floppy drive in /boot/grub/device.map 4. here is what my /boot/grub/device.map file look like: # (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda Still "GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB" during boot! Solved! 1. Press DEL to enter AwardBIOS setup utility. 2. In AwardBIOS setup utility main menu, change Primary Master from "Auto" to "User Type HDD". 3. Under "User Type HDD", change translation method to "LBA". Choosing "Manual" translation method also seems to work. 4. Exit saving changes. It's just strange that Fedora Core 3 grub can boot without messing with the LBA setting in my BIOS. |