LinuxQuestions.org - Install grub with knoppix on hardware RAID 5

I just installed a debian based distro on my Dell poweredge 2900. It comes with a perc 5/i raid card which actually translates to a MegaRAID 8408E card, but dell likes to slap there name on it.

The install went okay, except for grub. I get the classic failed to install grub to hd(0,0) message and I am left with an un-bootable system.

The configuration is RAID 5, and the installer is labeling the partitions as /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 (root and swap respectively).

I booted in with knoppix to install grub, but knoppix doesn't recognize the individual disks so i cant install grub on the first hard drive.

Its been awhile since I have installed grub, so i tried a few things...

Here is my fstab from the boot disk

Code:

proc      /proc      proc  rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

/sys      /sys        sysfs  rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

/dev/shm  /dev/shm    tmpfs  rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0

/dev/pts  /dev/pts    devpts mode=0622          0 0

/dev/fd0  /media/fd0  auto  user,noauto,exec,umask=000    0 0

/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom  auto  user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0

/dev/hda /media/hda  auto  users,noauto,exec,ro 0 0

# Added by KNOPPIX

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0

# Added by KNOPPIX

/dev/sda2 /media/sda2 auto noauto,users,exec 0 0

So I blunderingly tried..

Code:

grub> root (hd0,0)

 Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xee



grub>

to no avail..

and I even tried,

Code:

root@Knoppix:/mnt# grub-install /dev/hda

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

root@Knoppix:/mnt# grub-install /dev/sda

Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.

root@Knoppix:/mnt# grub-install /dev/sda1

Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.

to no avail..

Any idea how to get knoppix to write grub to the MBR of the first disk?

I gotta have this system running!