On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 19:16 -0500, Kyle Messineo wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed the latest etch distro (kernel 2.6.18-3-686) onto a > whitebox intel pc running an Adaptec 2420sa raid controller and 4x sata > 750gb hd's. The raid is configured as raid5 on three drives with the 4th > running hotspare. > > The etch installer booted fine, saw the raid vol, let me partition it > and run a full install. I installed the grub loader into mbr and all > looked fine and dandy. > > The unit boots to the grub menu just fine. When I select the kernel to > boot, it gives me the folloeing and just hangs: > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-686' > > root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x131990] > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-3-686 > [Linux-initrd @ 0x1fba9000, 0x44675b bytes] > > savedefault > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > Any suggestions? > I booted to rescue mode and mounted the partition. The kernel images are > there and look ok.
I believe you have run into the "Grub cannot boot from a 2 terabyte or larger disk" as it only supports a smaller than 2TB partition table. http://www.google.com/search?q=grub+2TB+booting Not sure when or if this will bite Etch hard in the next couple of years... I hope not. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
