I just installed CentOS 4 and when the install is complete and reboots it hands on "GRUB Loading stage2..."

I booted in rescue mode and started grup via /sbin/grub.
At the grub prompt I entered:

root (hd0,1) but that reported an error.

This is not a dual boot machine. CentOS only.

I have 2 200GB IDE HDD's with the following config (if it matters) /dev/hda and /dev/hdb

All file systems are software raid1 mirrored.

/ /dev/md0 10GB
/boot /dev/md1 1GB

LVM
rootvg - 25GB - /dev/md2
swap - 1GB swaplv01
/tmp - 3GB tmplv01
/usr - 15GB usrlv01
/var - 3GB varlv01

homevg - 150GB - /dev/md3
/home - 140GB homelv01


This computer was previously running FC5.

HW - AMD Sempron 3200, Maxtor (qty2) 200GB IDE HDD's, TUL Mboard.

Thank you.

whats the error that you get when you type in root(hd0,1)?
try
grub-install /dev/hda instead.

Error from root (hd0,1) is:
syntax error near unexpected token 'hd0,1'

Tried grub-install /dev/hda and that failed with:

/dev/md1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.

I did a google search and tried:
grub-install --recheck /dev/hda

Error:
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
/dev/md1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.

hda should refer to your hardisk name, in your case it should be /dev/md. show an exact about of fdisk -l. if you are not sure of the hdd where you want to install it.

I am getting the same problem with my machine. I have a raid controller. the system gets stuck loading stage 2.

I tried the grub --install /dev/sda with no luck. i get Error 12: invalid device requested. i get this for all devices listed in fdisk -l

/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda reutrns Not found or not a block device. same for all devices in fdisk

ok i ran

/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda1

it ran with no errors

fd0
sda
sdb

were the boot devices returned. still gets stuck

Go to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nstall-456105/ The BIOS and the Motherboard Chipsets need to be compatible.

While making partitions make /boot partition and select "Force to be a primary partition" ... and ... select "The boot loader will be installed on /dev/hda".

I'm not sure if you realize it ,but this post is 4 almost 5 years old