CentOS 5 :: Boot Stuck At GRUB
Jan 20, 2009the boot of my server is stuck at the message "GRUB"
I've allready tried :
chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/cciss/c0d0
but with no improvement. What else can I try?
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[root@server ~]# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
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# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
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UPDATE
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Here's the currentGRUB file. I added the section about Slackware. I've also tried pointing it at:
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I've also tried:
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