Starting a new thread as the last related one "Re: Grub install broken after kernel update" seemed to be generating more heat than light.
The problem (which seems to be similar to another one mentioned in the thread mentioned above):
Installed a new larger/faster SATA disk, copied/configured/booted FC3 installation, and attempted to reconfigure grub to use the new /boot partition. Attempting to run grub or grub-install to update boot record results in "Segmentation fault". The old MBR is not changed. Cannot create a grub floppy either due to segfault, although a grub floppy created on a i686 system can be used to boot the x86_64 smp system, as can the instance of grub created by anaconda on the original SATA disk. Not sure if this may be an x86_64smp, or a SATA problem, or ???. The problem has persisted through multiple kernel upgrades. Details can be seen in the Bugzilla report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=147600
Any suggestions appreciated, as would be any comments or action on the Bugzilla item.
Thanks, Phil
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:28:04 -0500, Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner@nasa.gov wrote:
Starting a new thread as the last related one "Re: Grub install broken after kernel update" seemed to be generating more heat than light.
The problem (which seems to be similar to another one mentioned in the thread mentioned above):
Installed a new larger/faster SATA disk, copied/configured/booted FC3 installation, and attempted to reconfigure grub to use the new /boot partition. Attempting to run grub or grub-install to update boot record results in "Segmentation fault". The old MBR is not changed. Cannot create a grub floppy either due to segfault, although a grub floppy created on a i686 system can be used to boot the x86_64 smp system, as can the instance of grub created by anaconda on the original SATA disk. Not sure if this may be an x86_64smp, or a SATA problem, or ???. The problem has persisted through multiple kernel upgrades. Details can be seen in the Bugzilla report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=147600
Any suggestions appreciated, as would be any comments or action on the Bugzilla item.
Thanks, Phil
Here's something that you could try. Uninstall the x86_64 grub and install the i386 version instead. "yum remove grub" and then "yum install grub.i386" should work. Then try doing the root, setup and see what happens. It might could help narrow down the problem.
Jonathan
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 22:17 -0600, Jonathan Berry wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:28:04 -0500, Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner@nasa.gov wrote: ... snip ... Details can be
seen in the Bugzilla report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=147600
Any suggestions appreciated, as would be any comments or action on the Bugzilla item.
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Here's something that you could try. Uninstall the x86_64 grub and install the i386 version instead. "yum remove grub" and then "yum install grub.i386" should work. Then try doing the root, setup and see what happens. It might could help narrow down the problem.
Rawhide grub-0.95-11.x86_64 fixes this problem.
Phil
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