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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: yaseenkriel on December 08, 2007, 09:32:52 AM
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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.
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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.
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after reinstalling it seems to be workin. thanx for the advise. :-o
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.