grub2 problems
I have ubuntu server installed on sda and a rescue-ubuntu system on sdc1.
Grub2 could not find the partition with my rescue-ubuntu system on sdc1
i did not have any sil-raid in place.
only software raid0 for device /dev/sda and /dev/sdb
user@server3:~$ sudo update-grub Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic-pae Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic-pae Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... ERROR: sil: wrong # of devices in RAID set "sil_cbgaeagccabdh" [1/2] on /dev/sdc done user@server3:~$ sudo dmraid -rE /dev/sdc ERROR: sil: writing sdc_3.dat[Bad address] ERROR: sil: only 3/4 metadata areas found on /dev/sdc, electing... Do you really want to erase "sil" ondisk metadata on /dev/sdc ? [y/n] :y canoodle@server3:~$ sudo update-grub Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic-pae Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic-pae Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS (10.04) on /dev/sdc1 done # after this grub2 SUCCESSFULLY AUTO DETECTED MY SECOND INSTALLED UBUNTU! THANKS GOD!
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