GRUB trouble

[Karl Larsen]

David Krings wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have the Asus M2n32-SLI Deluxe board with 2x SATA as RAID1 on the 
> FakeRAID nVidia SATA controller.
    Sorry I have no idea what you have. I can be of no help to you.


> F7_64 installed fine and booted fine, but then I decided to add 
> updates and a good load of applications to the system. After that the 
> boot hangs at the grub> prompt and that is basically the point where I 
> need some help.
>
> Other information in bullet points:
> - GRUB installed on MBR of FakeRAID
> - worked fine several times
> - dual boot with XP64
> - have a Promise IDE controller with 2 PATA drives present
> - the F7 install is on the second parition of the mirror raid
>
> I did try install and setup at the grub prompt, but I have no idea how 
> the INSTALL_DEVICE is called as it is to be the FakeRAID, which was 
> named nvidia_andthensomething.
    Who gave this name to your stuff. There is no such thing as a fake 
raid and not sure why you have it :-)


>
> I can boot from the install DVD and get the live system, but when I 
> opt to repair the existing installation I am always told that GRUB 
> will not be reinstalled, because I did not install any new kernel 
> modules. THAT is the biggest disappointment. I can live for now with 
> the annoyance to potentially have to fix GRUB after installing 
> updates/apps, but I don't even get really a chance....or better to 
> say, I don't know how.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
>     David
>
    Hi David, did you have the F7 install program make your raid-1 or 
did you do that after you installed F7? I am writing a paper on how to 
install raid-1 on an already installed home Hard Drive.

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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