<Solved>GRUB Rescue

[gezza]

Hi to all,
I have tried to set up a raid 5 system with:
/boot 300MB ext2
the rest on raid 5 partitions
/ 60Gb ext4
/home 30GB ext4
/var non raid 10Gb
/usr non raid 10GB
then 2 partitions 1 raid 800GB and 1 non raid 200Gb
The drives are sda...500GB
sdb.....500Gb
sdc.....750GB.
all sata2.
The system is AMD 3 core with Intel video.
Now..when I boot i get the above grub error and I cannot find out what has happened as nothing I type is recognised as a grub command. Yes I did try 'help' but I does not recognise it.
The drives are currenty in ICute sata caddies.
But I have tried the drives hard wired but the results are the same. I have also tried just one drive no raid just a straight install and I get the same result.
Your thoughts, as always greatfully received.
Gezza

[Was_Just19]

Is Grub Rescue a Grub 2 response?

[gezza]

Hi,
No grub 1 as per all PCLinuxos installs.
Gezza

[Was_Just19]

Hi,
No grub 1 as per all PCLinuxos installs.
Gezza

I do not use Grub 2 ........  but I believe that Grub Rescue is ......  never mind here is the info I found .....
...  from the Grub 2 manual

grub-rescue>
The grub-rescue> mode is a more restricted subset of the grub> shell. Some commands are phrased differently here for easier use. Try help to start.

http://grub.enbug.org/Manual

[gezza]

Hi,
From the reference you sent me, it does seem to be a grub 2 display.
However I am using  a CD of PCLinuxOS 2010.12 which has been used many times before and this error has not shown up.
I was trying to create a raid5 array over 3* 500GB sata2 drives when this occured.
It does seem that this error is also included in grub 1, since all I use is PCLinuxOS.
I finally had to boot on a usb stick to get the raid5 array to work.
Gezza

[Was_Just19]

Hi,
From the reference you sent me, it does seem to be a grub 2 display.
However I am using  a CD of PCLinuxOS 2010.12 which has been used many times before and this error has not shown up.
I was trying to create a raid5 array over 3* 500GB sata2 drives when this occured.
It does seem that this error is also included in grub 1, since all I use is PCLinuxOS.
I finally had to boot on a usb stick to get the raid5 array to work.
Gezza

I don't know ....... I don't recall that message from Grub Legacy ......  did you have a Grub 2 install on any of the HDDs? .......  maybe that is what was being picked up ....  an old Grub 2 on one of the drives?

Glad to see you have it sorted

regards