[bug #29582] Grub Fails free magic error when present with hardware raid logical drive

[Keyzer Suze]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?29582>

                 Summary: Grub Fails free magic error when present with
hardware raid logical drive
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: keyzersuze
            Submitted on: Sat 17 Apr 2010 01:42:59 PM GMT
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Keyzer Suze
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: 1.98
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Hi

I have a Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P with the latest software, currently have 9
hard drives attached 
1 x 32 ssd
8 x 1T hd

I installed a adaptec 51645 hardware raid controller 
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/sas_raid/SAS-51645/index.htm

I have attached 5 x 2T drives and carved up

lun 0 - 32G 
lun 1 - 8T (approx)

when I allow the card to enable its bios and thus boot from lun 0, I get a 

welcome to grub<cr>
<cr>
free magic is broken at 0xf000e816: 0xffffffff
Aborted. Press any key to exit.

any key reboot machine.

when i disable the bios I am able to boot the machine with not problem and
linux sees the 8T drive and the 32G lun as well - it is part of a raid set
with 32G ssd.

I am using debian testing/unstable (sid) - grub 1.98-1

I have pictures - but I have copied over the essetianal info.  This happens
every times I boot from the ssd and the hardware control has its bios enabled.
When I boot from lun 0 from the adaptec is doesn't even make it the grub text
- and I have grun-installed to that hard drive.

This is a slight problem I had intended on taking out the SSD and using just
the adaptec

Alex






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