From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-82298-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1KKUfQ-0003Ph-Mj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:53:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC8A0E02B3; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEF2DE02B3 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 611DF13B0E5; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:53:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:53:18 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: S8s81mWhXgPecxvv1yJOLCtgCZWZHVIpVMmM28zxWc9w 1216543997 Received: from [192.168.2.2] (dslb-088-072-130-059.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.72.130.59]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BB6393574 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:53:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4882FCDC.6090802@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:52:44 +0200 From: Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080619) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub on a new disk References: <20080703174838.5415a54a@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ> <20080705183954.31fc875f@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ> <200807052214.28298.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <200807061008.42001.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20080706134310.5669f5c3@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ> In-Reply-To: <20080706134310.5669f5c3@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig403196DE61C68FFC9ED7B581" X-Archives-Salt: 62a4c614-1ce8-4a38-9f30-09e2fd48c024 X-Archives-Hash: ecded7173b05dad2781c992858a06bff This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig403196DE61C68FFC9ED7B581 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Florian Philipp schrieb: > On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:08:29 +0100 > Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote: > =20 >> Just in case, you may want to try this: >> >> # grub <--Also use --no-floppy if it hangs probing a floppy drive >> that doesn't exist--> >> grub> root (hd2,0) <--If your /boot drive is e.g. in /dev/hdd1)--> >> grub> setup (hd0) <--This will re-install GRUB in the MBR >> grub> of /dev/hda--> quit >> >> If this does not help then I am not sure what else might fix it. >=20 > I thought I had already done this but just to make sure, I've done it > again - no effect. >=20 > If there is really some kind to self-test going on, it's invisible to > smartctl. A short self-test showed no errors, either. >=20 > I'll look out for firmware updates for that disk and will buy a small > SD/MMC/CF-card for testing. Maybe I'll also ask the Grub-guys whether > they have any ideas. >=20 > Thanks anyway! At least I know it's not just me who is confused by this= > behavior. A small update: I moved grub to a floppy while keeping the kernel images = on disk. This solved my problem. Grub's bootup is now only limited by=20 floppy I/O-speed. I'll use a cheap CF-card as a more permanent replacemen= t. --------------enig403196DE61C68FFC9ED7B581 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiC/OYACgkQqs4uOUlOuU+5DgCfTAYe8JNfbwDzhzNbtdWHWa2R 6OcAn0vPOGBBEnGbBa3oOoK6Cg1F23T2 =B9uI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig403196DE61C68FFC9ED7B581--