Xen users - Nov 2009 - Xen server boots. Machine just says "grub"

I''m learning about Xen, and inherited a Xen box from my colleague. This
is a
box running CentOS 5.x and Xen, which has been sitting unused for a while.

Today, I powered up the box. The box boots, the disks spin, and then I get
to a point where the screen just says "GRUB". (Nothing after the word
"GRUB").

Is there a Xen-specific way to fix this? I was planning to restore grub
using a common method -- boot from a LiveCD or Installation disk, and
reinstall Grub using ''grub-install''. However, I wanted to
check first since
I''m still trying to figure out how the Bootloader, Kernel, Xen and
hardware
all interact.

Is this the appropriate fix for a Xen server? I am reading posts from other
people that suggest that ''grub-install'' blew away some portion
of their Xen
installation.

Thank you,

-= Stefan

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On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:34 AM, StefanLasiewski
<mailinglists@stefanco.com> wrote:
> Today, I powered up the box. The box boots, the disks spin, and then I get
> to a point where the screen just says "GRUB". (Nothing after the
word
> "GRUB").
>
> Is there a Xen-specific way to fix this?
Not really. Xen stuff comes to play after grub reads menu.lst, which
in your case it doesn''t seem to be able to do.
> I was planning to restore grub
> using a common method -- boot from a LiveCD or Installation disk, and
> reinstall Grub using ''grub-install''. However, I wanted to
check first since
> I''m still trying to figure out how the Bootloader, Kernel, Xen and
hardware
> all interact.
>
> Is this the appropriate fix for a Xen server? I am reading posts from other
> people that suggest that ''grub-install'' blew away some
portion of their Xen
> installation.
Which posts?

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Fajar

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