Topic: unable to find grub.conf

[yaseenkriel]

trying to add the following lines to grub to get the server to boot:

all-generic-ide pci=nommconf

but when i use the command nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf

the file is empty! there are no lines to modify or update?? where is grub hiding and how do i find it?

UPDATE:

booted ubuntu live cd to see whats goin on and using gparted took a look at the drive and gparted says my drive is setup as a raid? i only have a single drive and its split into 2 partitions:

/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2

sda1 is 100mb and formated ext3 and marked as boot/raid
sda2 is 232gb and filesystem is unknown

now i even i with my limited knowledge know this weird but exciting! gonna be a fun weekend!

gonna try reinstalling and manually setting up my harddrive.

[william_syd]

I logged in as ROOT and tried the command you posted and it found a very populated grub.conf.

Read the manual.

There are now some command line parameters to disable the creation of a degraded RAID array. Thats what you get by default when you install with one drive.

[yaseenkriel]

after reinstalling it seems to be workin. thanx for the advise. 

[yaseenkriel]

Finally got this sorted 100%

best way to get everything working is to do the installation with the noraid option like this:

sme all-generic-ide pci=nommconf noraid

and once the installation is done access to the grub file is available with no issues using this command:

nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf

if u do not use the noraid option then access to the grub file is not available and if u do manage to get access to the file any updates to the file does not take effect.

this topic is related to this one:

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39350.0

cause this is how it all started. sorry for the double post but i thought it was a separate issue. thanx for all the help!

[william_syd]

if u do not use the noraid option then access to the grub file is not available and if u do manage to get access to the file any updates to the file does not take effect.

Are you sure about that. I never use the noraid option yet I still have full access to grub.conf.

[raem]

yaseenkriel

I never use the noraid option yet I still have full access to grub.conf.

Same here.

but when i use the command nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf
the file is empty!

Sounds suspiciously like a mistyped command, and you simply opened a new file that actually was empty.

Use the up cursor arrow to check through the previous commands you typed, and confirm if you typed it incorrectly or not.

[yaseenkriel]

unfortunately, i am not able to go back since the server is now installed and about to be delivered. i worked on this installation the whole weekend and double checked each step. the only way i got everything to work correctly was to use the noraid option.

this is the hardware spec:

intel guardfish Q965G motherboard
conroe core-2-duo CPU
1gig Ram
sony optical drive
250gig sata drive

the above chipset is known to cause issues with sme. maybe i did make a mistake somewhere cause i was frustrated and ready to take a hammer to the hardware but raid was never an option to begin with and it did get things to work from my perspective.

[raem]

yaseenkriel

..the only way i got everything to work correctly was to use the noraid option.
.....250gig sata drive

Why install a sme server without at least RAID1 software mirrored drives for data security & integrity ?
Hard drives are relatively cheap and having a second mirrored drive is standard practice.