Thanks. What did you do with the MBR if you didn't let RH 7.3 do it? The RAID seems to be the culprit so I'll try LILO and see if it works (it will be a good learning experience). I could install a non-raid drive and use it but at this point I hate to do that.
> On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 19:36:10 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I installed (finally!) RH 7.3 using the XFS boot disk. >> Unfortunately, the system won't start. It boots to a black screen >> and just sits there so I've got some questions. I did check the XFS >> notes and did NOT have to apply the patch. I could use the ISO as >> is. Also, I put GRUB on the MBR. > > I use grub, but I didn't let RH7.3 install load the MBR. If you could > mount the RH 7.3 partition(s), you could try doing LILO, but I bet the > RAID setup is the problem. Try moving /boot to a non-RAID drive. I > installed on IDE disks and a uni-processor, and nary a problem. RH > 7.3 even setup my mointor and video card and sound card and NIC > perfectly, although it did munge the host name and I had to do some > tinkering to get com stuff to work. > >> >> The system is a dual AMD 1.9 system with an Adaptec 3210S RAID >> adapter and I'm running RAID 5 on it. >> > > My money is on the RAID or dual processor support. > > >> 1. I made all the partitions XFS - I assume that's not a problem?? >> > > XFS is definitely not the problem. > >> 2. Any ideas on where to look or how to fix it. >> >> 3. During the install it wanted a formatted floppy - is it asking >> for ext2 floppy or just a formatted floppy straight out of the box? >> It never would accept the floppy I gave it which was straight out of >> the box. >> > > Per earlier posts: a floppy is too small for an XFS kernel. > -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
