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  From: Glen Turner <glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au>
  To  : Michael Martucci <m.martucci@gmx.net>
  Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:53:59 +0930

Re: GRUB + RAID howto

> 6. Setting up GRUB: (assuming you've already installed it)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> # grub
> grub> root (hd0,0)
>  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd
> 
> grub> setup (hd0) 
>  Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
>  Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
>  Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
>  Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"...  16 sectors are
> embedded.
> succeeded
>  Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p
> (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
> Done.
> 
> grub> root (hd1,0)
>  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd
> 
> grub> setup (hd1) 
>  Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
>  Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
>  Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
>  Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1)"...  16 sectors are
> embedded.
> succeeded
>  Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1)1+16 p
> (hd1,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
> Done.
> 
> grub> quit

Not quite right.  When hd0 fails and you reboot then
hd1 will become hd0, it won't remain hd1.

Try the GRUB commands:
  root (hd0,0)
  setup (hd0)
  device (hd0) /dev/hdc
  root (hd0,0)
  setup (hd0)
  quit

Regards,
Glen

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