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Summary: GRUB stage1 fails on CF->IDE adapter
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: chrylis
Submitted on: Monday 07/30/2007 at 05:07
Category: Booting
Severity: Major
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: Software Error
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Originator Name:
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: 0.97
Reproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release:
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Details:
I am building a network appliance based on a VIA EPIA-style motherboard with
a CompactFlash card for storage, connected through a generic CF to IDE
adapter. GRUB will boot from a USB adapter but not from the IDE adapter.
I built a chroot'ed Gentoo image on my host machine and copied the install to
the CF card using a USB adapter. I then appropriately modified the device
map, and GRUB installed successfully into the MBR. However, upon installation
into the appliance via the IDE adapter, I just get "GRUB GRUB GRUB".
The BIOS detects the CF card reliably. I have tried full auto-detection,
forced CHS geometry, and forced LBA; all give me the exact same error
condition. The appliance boots to a Linux kernel successfully if I pull the
CF card out of the IDE adapter and attach it to the appliance via a USB
adapter. Linux reports lost interrupts on hda when booting to a USB CD-ROM on
the appliance with the CF card in the IDE adapter.
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