Comments on: Some tips to (re)install grub on an HP ProLiant server

By: Sergey

Sergey — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:13:38 +0000

Thank for your article!
After installation Redhat EL 5 update 7 on blade server bl460 g7 with P712m card for external SAS storage, there is appear error message “Attempting boot from hard drive (C:)”

I booted to rescue mode (after that i changed root to /mnt/sysimage: chroot /mnt/sysimage) and device.map has two records:
(hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0 – this external controller
(hd10) /dev/cciss/c1d0 – this internal controller

When i tried to install grub to internal controller it’s show error:
grub-install /dev/cciss/c1d0
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.

So i tried your method, and i have error when i run root (hd10,0) command:
root (hd10,0)
Error 12: Invalid device requested

So what i did is just removed external controller from device.map and change internal controller to (hd0)
(hd0) /dev/cciss/c1d0

After that in /boot/grub/grub.conf file, i changed all (hd10,0) to (hd0,0).

And install grub to internal controller /dev/cciss/c1d0
grub-install /dev/cciss/c1d0

That’s all, i hope it will be helpful for somebody, and sorry for my English :).

By: Paul O

Paul O — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:32:01 +0000

Wow, 6 years later and Redhat still can’t configure the boot loader right for HP Proliant servers.
This helped me too!
I guess HP Proliant servers aren’t very poplular, so getting support for them is a bit of a long shot X-D

By: Val

Val — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:35:00 +0000

@JimmyV: Thanks for your shorter solution!

By: Michael Marcotte

Michael Marcotte — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:41:14 +0000

Thanks! This is very useful

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:15:40 +0000

Thanks. This was very helpful.

By: JimmyV

JimmyV — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:10:24 +0000

Somehow not all of the first line showed up it should be

/sbin/grub –batch /dev/null 2>/dev/null
device (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit
EOT

By: JimmyV

JimmyV — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:09:11 +0000

There is an easier way where you don’t need to edit any files. This works great in a script, but can be done on the command line as well

/sbin/grub –batch /dev/null 2>/dev/null
device (hd0) /dev/cciss/c0d0
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit
EOT

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:45:48 +0000

Thx a lot also saved me loads of time trying to install Grub on Gentoo with an HP ProLiant DL380 G5. I can’t belive that this bug has not been fixed.

Cheers Simon

By: tonio

tonio — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:23:07 +0000

Thanks a lot, save my time too :)

By: John Baxendale

John Baxendale — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:52:36 +0000

Thanks for this – dead handy and saved me lots of messing about!