CentOS - Apr 2006 - Problems with 4.3 install - didnt write boot record

the first time i tried to install centos on my fileserver it detected
my reiserfs drives but then didnt give me a kernel to actually access
them - strike one

now im trying centos on my mail server, wipe the drives, created a
mirrored raid array from the setup, (took over 14 hours to format and
sync) finally finished the install AND IT DIDNT WRITE THE BOOT RECORD!
when it rebooted i got my grub menu from GENTOO! - strike two,

now im back into the install cd, trying to figure out how to install
grub like the install should have done for me, but there is no grub
command at the prompt (trying to use tab completion) im ready to hurt
something im so frustrated, can anyone help me out here? ive seen
http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.d.stribblehill/mirrored_grub.html but without
the grub command that page is useless.  Im sure someone has to be
booting RH/CentOS off mirrored software raid, some help please! id
like to get this thing going tonight if possible, thanks!

Nick

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 at 7:05pm, Nick Smith wrote
> the first time i tried to install centos on my fileserver it detected
> my reiserfs drives but then didnt give me a kernel to actually access
> them - strike one
Err, investigating whether upstream supports reiser would have been a good 
first move.
> now im trying centos on my mail server, wipe the drives, created a
> mirrored raid array from the setup, (took over 14 hours to format and
That's *extraordinarily* slow, as in something seems very bad.
> sync) finally finished the install AND IT DIDNT WRITE THE BOOT RECORD!
> when it rebooted i got my grub menu from GENTOO! - strike two,
I've had occasional problems with grub not getting properly installed. 
It's easy to fix.  Put in the first CD, and boot with 'linux
rescue'.
Once it's mounted your install, 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' and
'grub-install
/dev/sda' and/or just follow those instructions you mentioned.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University