Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> writes: > On Lu, 23 ian 12, 15:55:04, lee wrote: >> Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> writes: >> > No, you don't need LVM and even the grub in squeeze can boot from md >> > devices. >> >> Apparently it can´t boot from RAID on this laptop. I have tried a lot >> of different configurations, i. e. with LVM and without and with >> different partition layouts. Either grub couldn´t be installed or when >> booting the system from the harddisk after the installation finished, >> grub got stuck at the "Welcome to grub" message before showing the boot >> menu. > > Other than "make sure you are using grub2" (package grub-pc) I can give > you no advise. The only system with RAID I do maintain was installed via > debootstrap, not D-I.
It seems to be grub2, since grub-pc v. 1.99-14 and grub2-common are installed. Perhaps it´s some problem with the hardware in this laptop that makes it fail ... like the graphical installer cannot be used because the mouse doesn´t work in it (Synaptics touchpad). I can´t seem to get the discrete graphics card to produce any output on the screen, either, though apparently I can switch between the cards just fine. I might have to make another thread about that ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87obttbfpm....@songoku.yagibdah.de