Debian Squeeze installation on LVM setup - Grub takes forever to load
I recently reinstalled Debian Squeeze in my home server and just to give it a try, I chose to install it over LVM. The thing is, now grub takes forever to load. When the machine boots, I get the message "GRUB loading. Welcome to GRUB!" and a blinking cursor for like 15 minutes, and then grub loads and presents the list of operating systems installed (in this case, it's just Debian Squeeze).
I tried to reconfigure grub2 by installing it to the /boot partition as well as to the MBR (the default option) by running dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc, but it didn't work. Up to this point, I am almost 100% sure that this is caused by the installation on LVM. I don't understand exactly why, though. I'd appreciate any suggestions that could help me to understand and solve this issue, otherwise I'll just reinstall Squeeze in normal setup. Thanks in advance folks! |
Hmmm... I am puzzled as well. I always use LVM and GRUB together, and never had a problem, BUT:
Is /boot on an LVM volume? At one time, GRUB would not work if trying to load from an LVM volume (GRUB would not load at all, I don't even recall getting a welcome message). To correct this I always kept /boot on a primary or extended partition outside of a volume group. |
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root@debian:~# df -h |
Take a look at this, it sounds SIMILAR (although he flat out says hangs, but truthfully not many of us I believe would wait 15 minutes to verify if it hung or stalled):
http://elias-chatzigeorgiou.blogspot...e-to-grub.html Yes, it is old, but that doesn't mean that it can never happen again on another piece of hardware. Good luck, maybe it will help your problem. |
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Thanks again! I will add to your reputation for your kind help. |
I hate to say, but damn, sorry you got it fixed that way. I'm a little disappointed as it was one of the few solutions I found that did not involve reinstalling, but hey, as long as it works, great!
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