Grub does not see raid disks in linux-shell version of grub

[Yaroslav Popovitch]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Derrik Pates wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Yaroslav Popovitch wrote:
> 
> > I tried to install grub to logical disk  of Compaq SCSI Smart Array 5300
> > RAID controller(cciss.o).
> > I used "install" command.
> >     /sbin/grub
> >     root (...)
> >     install ... and etc.
> > But I got an error:22 NO SUCH PARTITION

                        /
Forget about this!  


> What device designation are you using? I have 2 Compaq ProLiant servers at
> my work (which each have a SMART Array 3200 PCI card with 5 drives each),
> and GRUB works on both. (I had to make a hack to a bit of the Stage 2
> loader code to prevent a 0-length memory hole at the 4 GB mark from being
> counted as the system memory extent. This is now in GRUB CVS.)
> 
> Also, it may not work if you are trying to install to a non-primary
> partition - I'm assuming GRUB knows that the BIOS is too stupid to boot it
> from a non-primary partition (what GRUB calls partitions 0-3 are primary,
> 4 and up are non-primary).
> 
> > I hope that information contained in  log-files will help you(they
> > contain my system configuration and debug-data,which I got during
> > running grub(in linux)). Can be this caused by  devfs? Or that is a
> > bug of kernel(2.4.9). I returned hardware,So I only wanted to make report.
> 
> DevFS has no effect in grub itself, except in the grub shell. Try GRUB
> 0.90, or the current GRUB CVS (it's tricky to build, read the directions
> carefully). Also, try making a GRUB boot floppy by putting an FS on a
> floppy, mount it, then do "grub-install --root-directory=[mountpoint]
> '(fd0)'". Then, boot from floppy, and type "geometry (hd0)" ar the grub>
> prompt. If you can see the disk, GRUB is working.
> 
> Well, I guess you could do that, if you hadn't returned it. I assume you
> were using the grub shell? Or how were you installing GRUB to the disk?
> 
> Derrik Pates      |   Sysadmin, Douglas School   |    #linuxOS on EFnet
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> 

Only for information:

Hi! I could get again this Compaq servers, and  now I used grub-0.90.
The problems look so: Grub can see raid disks during booting from
stages(1..2)(like hd0). But does not see them under Linux OS(kernel -
2.4.12).(it does not see and hd? disk at all)

Little bit more information about raid cards and PC:

Compaq ML350 RAM 128 MB 

        Compaq system bios D11(09/25/2001)
        Proc 1 1.133/133 Mhz
        SCSI card without disks: Compaq Ultra3 BIOS 3.02 (c) 2000 Adaptec(7899A)


        Compaq Smart Array 431 Controller (rev,v1.02) (DEC 21554)
        1 Logical drive ~17 GB(2 scsi disks ~17gb) (raid 1)

        ServerWorks CSB5(rev 92)

Compaq DL360 RAM  128MB
        Proc 1,266/133 Mhz
        Compaq System BIOS - P21(06/13/2001)

        Compaq Integrated Smart Array Controller (v 1.42) (Symbios Logic(former 
NCR) )
        1 Logical drive ~17 GB(2 scsi disks ~17gb) (raid 1)

        ServerWorks OSB4


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