Breezy install won't boot

[J.Markoll]

C Tresenriter a écrit :
> I have done many installations of Ubuntu - laptop and desktops with 
> various intel and amd procs, ATA and SCSI disks and generally have had 
> no problems until now.
> 
> I have a two 160 G disk RAID array on a Silicon Image 3112 RAID adapter 
> card.
> 
> My most recent install (clean) on this system seems to go fine, but when 
> it's time to remove the CD and reboot, it says it's loading Grub but it 
> never actually starts.
> The only clue I've found is that although the partitioner sees the disks 
> as sda and sdb when it comes time to install Grub it goes to the master 
> boot record of the first hard disk - hd0,0.
> 
> Not sure this is a problem but something is wrong somewhere.
> Anyone have an idea?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> CJ
I can just report ideas coming from my own experience, for the value it 
is. You might check if the CD reader you are using has the lens clean.
It needs a tiny drop of alcohol once a while. The other thing I happened 
to check once was the cables. I changed it all, and with the new 
connectors the trick was done for a time. (Last March, Warty, I could 
connect the net and try to use anything, the response was 11 seconds later!)
Just one question, when Grub fails, what's written on the screen ? does 
it appear such as 'loading stage 1-5 please wait' message ?
or do you get just a grub shell invite like this: '>' ?

Boths are scary! (for us newbees). Did you try to lounch a live CD to 
see what happens ? did you check if the BIOS of your's need an update ?

All theses come from what I experienced, I can't say more.
Greetings, Joyce Markoll.


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