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==== Example : Incorrecty Partitioned 2nd Disk ====
 
==== Example : Incorrecty Partitioned 2nd Disk ====
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I this example the partitions are set too close to the start of the disk and there is no room for GRUB to be written, the disk will not boot
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I this example the partitions are set too close to the start of the disk and there is no room for GRUB to be written, the disk will not boot, there will not be enough room for grub ''staging''
    
  [root@ ~]# '''fdisk -l /dev/sdb; fdisk -lu /dev/sdb'''
 
  [root@ ~]# '''fdisk -l /dev/sdb; fdisk -lu /dev/sdb'''
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  /dev/sdb2          208770  1953520063  976655647  fd  Linux raid autodetect
 
  /dev/sdb2          208770  1953520063  976655647  fd  Linux raid autodetect
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===The Leadup===
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===== message Log showing Grub errors =====
I'm not sure if I'm reporting a bug or just some manual maintenance
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My Disk didn't respond correctly to the Menu option "Manage Disk Redundancy". I was upgrading the hard disks to 1Gb disks from the 500Gb that came with the Dell server, the new disks were the Seagate 1Tb ST1000340NS, they are a Server Edition disk. It did this on both disks
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The Disk was installed as the 2nd Hard Disk during an Upgrade process
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''It's not fatal'', but it did stop the machine from booting on the disk, perhaps that's just ''not living, therefore not fatal'', whatever, it's not terribly useful.
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My message Log show Grub as follows
      
  add_drive_to_raid: Waiting for boot partition to sync before installing grub...
 
  add_drive_to_raid: Waiting for boot partition to sync before installing grub...
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  add_drive_to_raid: Done.
 
  add_drive_to_raid: Done.
 
  add_drive_to_raid: grub> quit
 
  add_drive_to_raid: grub> quit
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===The Leadup===
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I'm not sure if I'm reporting a bug or just some manual maintenance
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My Disk didn't respond correctly to the Menu option "Manage Disk Redundancy". I was upgrading the hard disks to 1Gb disks from the 500Gb that came with the Dell server, the new disks were the Seagate 1Tb ST1000340NS, they are a Server Edition disk. It did this on both disks
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The Disk was installed as the 2nd Hard Disk during an Upgrade process
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''It's not fatal'', but it did stop the machine from booting on the disk, perhaps that's just ''not living, therefore not fatal'', whatever, it's not terribly useful.
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and a look from fdisks view shows
 
and a look from fdisks view shows
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