GRUB Loading stage2 problem

SBN · 06-25-2007, 11:59 PM

Hey guys i just install CentOS in my pc, after all the installation when my restarts CeontOS wont load there is the Grub loading stage2... appearing in the screen and its about 30 minutes and still CentOS wont load so i tried to re-install CentOS again and then everyhting went well... is the "Grub Loading stage2" a problem?

syg00 · 06-26-2007, 12:23 AM

Not if the re-install fixed it.
Be happy.

bgoodr · 06-26-2007, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SBN

Hey guys i just install CentOS in my pc, after all the installation when my restarts CeontOS wont load there is the Grub loading stage2... appearing in the screen and its about 30 minutes and still CentOS wont load so i tried to re-install CentOS again and then everyhting went well... is the "Grub Loading stage2" a problem?

Same thing happened to me with Fedora Core 6 x86 and Fedora Core 7 x86_64: GRUB Loading stage2... blink blink blink Perhaps your hardware is similarly afflicted. For me I solved this by switching out the motherboard: My Abit Fatal1ty AN9 32X Experience

I filed a Linux kernel bug to see where it goes (probably nowhere if it is indeed buggy hardware or BIOS): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=245286 .

BTW, when you post, it is a good idea to post details of your hardware setup too.

bgoodr

archtoad6 · 06-26-2007, 08:18 AM

SBN, if you have an academic interest in why the 1st installed "failed", you need to try to remember what you did differently, especially when the installer offered boot options.

Your other choice is to re-install over & over until you can get it to fail again (& you are an expert installer of CentOS

).

BTW, thanks for reporting the problem -- it may help/reassure someone else.