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...and executes stage > 1. The missing part is it's not loading or not executing stage 2 for > some reason. I'm just not convinced the bootloader is installed > correctly is the source of the problem with the 2nd drive. It's not > like the BIOS or HBA card firmware is going to faceplace right in > between stage 1 and stage 2 bootloaders executing. If there were a > problem there, the drive simply doesn't show up and no part of the > bootloader gets loaded. on which OS (eg. c5, c6) was the partition created? -- LF

On 8/6/2015 3:56 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/05/2015 08:12 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: >> >> This is an old system with only IDE ports. There is an added >> Highpoint raid card which is used only for the two extra IDE ports. > > Why "extra"? Are there drives connected to this system other than the > two you're discussing for the software RAID sets?

...drive, reads the MBR and executes stage 1. The missing part is it's not loading or not executing stage 2 for some reason. I'm just not convinced the bootloader is installed correctly is the source of the problem with the 2nd drive. It's not like the BIOS or HBA card firmware is going to faceplace right in between stage 1 and stage 2 bootloaders executing. If there were a problem there, the drive simply doesn't show up and no part of the bootloader gets loaded. -- Chris Murphy

...age >> 1. The missing part is it's not loading or not executing stage 2 for >> some reason. I'm just not convinced the bootloader is installed >> correctly is the source of the problem with the 2nd drive. It's not >> like the BIOS or HBA card firmware is going to faceplace right in >> between stage 1 and stage 2 bootloaders executing. If there were a >> problem there, the drive simply doesn't show up and no part of the >> bootloader gets loaded. > > > on which OS (eg. c5, c6) was the partition created? s/partition/filesystem/ -- L...

...age >> 1. The missing part is it's not loading or not executing stage 2 for >> some reason. I'm just not convinced the bootloader is installed >> correctly is the source of the problem with the 2nd drive. It's not >> like the BIOS or HBA card firmware is going to faceplace right in >> between stage 1 and stage 2 bootloaders executing. If there were a >> problem there, the drive simply doesn't show up and no part of the >> bootloader gets loaded. > > > on which OS (eg. c5, c6) was the partition created? For the OP, I think it was CentOS...

...and executes stage > 1. The missing part is it's not loading or not executing stage 2 for > some reason. I'm just not convinced the bootloader is installed > correctly is the source of the problem with the 2nd drive. It's not > like the BIOS or HBA card firmware is going to faceplace right in > between stage 1 and stage 2 bootloaders executing. If there were a > problem there, the drive simply doesn't show up and no part of the > bootloader gets loaded. Definitely a strange problem. I'm hoping that doing a new install onto these drives rather than trying to...