USB boot issue in asrock motherboard 775i45gv with amibios

[cypherpunk]

Hi all,

I have an operating system (BELENIX - a open solaris distribution)
installed on a Sony Microvault 1gb pen drive. It has grub installed on
it.

My PC config :
P4 2.66, 512 ram, 160 SATA Hdd, DVD R/W . Asrock 775i45GV motherboard.

I unable to boot the USB on my PC. The stage one loads and i get a grub
command prompt. the bootable devices visible there are only hd1 and
fd1.

I can successfully boot stage 2 followed by the OS on my friends PC and
laptop. The devices that i can see there from grub are hd0, hd1 and
fd0.

Will updating the firmware (flashing the BIOS) from
http://www.asrock.com/support/download. ... l=775i45GV ? What are
the risks. My current version of the BIOS setup is AMIBios - 08.00.11
Build : 05/03/05 ID : 915-MS.

[edwin]

that 915-MS code does not make sense with the other info you gave. Please run the bios agent and give use the results.
http://www.esupport.com/global/upgradesteps.cfm

you do not have to order a bios from esupport, we just need to confirm the ID of your board.

[cypherpunk]

Program: eSupport.com BIOS Agent Version 3.55
BIOS Date: 05/03/05
BIOS Type: American Megatrends
BIOS ID: 63-0100-001131-00101111-050305-GrantsD-915-M5
OEM Sign-On: 915-M5GL Ver 1.0E 05/03/2005


Chipset: Intel 2580 rev 14
Superio: Unknown
OS: WinXP SP2
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz 2659 MHz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
Memory Installed: 503 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown

eSupport.com, Inc.
1-800-800-BIOS (2467)
www.esupport.com

[KURIAKI]

My PC config :
P4 2.66, 512 ram, 160 SATA Hdd, DVD R/W . Asrock 775i45GV motherboard.

BIOS ID: 63-0100-001131-00101111-050305-GrantsD-915-M5
OEM Sign-On: 915-M5GL Ver 1.0E 05/03/2005

You are talking about two different motherboards, models and manufacturers.
It isn't an ASRock motherboard, it's an ECS Elitegroup 915-M5GL:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/P ... 16&LanID=0