On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 18:38 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> John wrote on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:52:32 -0400:
>
> > I have just put 2 + 2 together in figuring out you are the same one that
> > was asking about the kickstart configuration a few days back on how to
> > configure it.
>
> wrong math.
So y
John wrote on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:52:32 -0400:
> I have just put 2 + 2 together in figuring out you are the same one that
> was asking about the kickstart configuration a few days back on how to
> configure it.
wrong math.
Kai
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On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 17:31 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:58:42 +0100:
>
> > Is there really no clear information on the anaconda screen that
> > indicates its looking for a SOURCE to install from rather than a TARGET
> > to install to ?
>
> In hindsig
Karanbir Singh wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:58:42 +0100:
> Is there really no clear information on the anaconda screen that
> indicates its looking for a SOURCE to install from rather than a TARGET
> to install to ?
In hindsight I know what it means but at the time of the encounter I
didn't re
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:31 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> John wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:42:42 -0400:
>
> > And, I say for him to use a floppy if the server has a floppy drive.
>
> Ahm, what makes you think there was a floppy? My decision to use a USB
> stick?
USb floppy but from what I gather
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Karanbir Singh wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:51:54 +0100:
what did VC#3,4,5 haveto say about why it failed ?
I already provided this information by myself very early on in a reply to
John.
oops, sorry - missed it. That email seems to have not made it to my
mailbox :/ I
Karanbir Singh wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:51:54 +0100:
> what did VC#3,4,5 haveto say about why it failed ?
I already provided this information by myself very early on in a reply to
John. In the meantime I was able to install.
The problem was something very different. My FTP server somehow had
I hope you don't expect me to snap back in the same tone that you used. I
suggest you read what is written and not what you want to interpret in it.
BTW: HP does not support Centos installations, they support only RHEL
installations.
Kai
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John wrote on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:42:42 -0400:
> And, I say for him to use a floppy if the server has a floppy drive.
Ahm, what makes you think there was a floppy? My decision to use a USB
stick?
Kai
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On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 09:54 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> John wrote:
> > I don't know but I have got the feeling that using 'linux dd' and the
> > driver image will work.
>
> prolly will, at this point I am not sure if Kai is even making an effort
> to actually install anything. The lack of any
John wrote:
I don't know but I have got the feeling that using 'linux dd' and the
driver image will work.
prolly will, at this point I am not sure if Kai is even making an effort
to actually install anything. The lack of any real anaconda error
message or content from vc#3,4,5 seems to indica
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
And that was it. That's not with "linux dd", it's later when anaconda by itself
specifically allows me to provide the driver when it needs it.
It allows me to pick filenames from the media. Very well. But what kind of file
does it expect? If it expects me to select a dd imag
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 23:01 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:17:26 +0100:
>
> > now would be a good time to look at the installer docs at
> > www.centos.org/docs/
>
> well, the problem is that the docs do not say anything about what kind of
> file that fun
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 18:20 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> John wrote:
> > See here there is a reason I said type{linuxdd} and USE A FLOPPY. A
> > usb stick is not going to do the job. I don't think you read the README!
> >
>
> usb keys work fine as driver disks on centos-5, the .dd image
Karanbir Singh wrote on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:17:26 +0100:
> now would be a good time to look at the installer docs at www.centos.org/docs/
well, the problem is that the docs do not say anything about what kind of
file that function wants to see.
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Installation_G
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Karanbir Singh wrote on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:09 +0100:
usb keys work fine as driver disks on centos-5, the .dd image can be
loop mounted and the contents copied out onto the root of a usb-key.
also, its not 'linuxdd' its 'linux dd'
You can also give dd the remote networ
Karanbir Singh wrote on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:09 +0100:
> usb keys work fine as driver disks on centos-5, the .dd image can be
> loop mounted and the contents copied out onto the root of a usb-key.
>
> also, its not 'linuxdd' its 'linux dd'
>
> You can also give dd the remote network location
Scott Silva wrote on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:39:18 -0700:
> Did you use the HP utilities to set up an array on the controller before you
> tried to install?
You press F8 and get in the controller utility. As I said I have set up a RAID1
that is named "LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000" just fine.
Kai
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John wrote:
See here there is a reason I said type{linuxdd} and USE A FLOPPY. A
usb stick is not going to do the job. I don't think you read the README!
usb keys work fine as driver disks on centos-5, the .dd image can be
loop mounted and the contents copied out onto the root of a usb
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 14:46 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> John wrote on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:26:59 -0400:
>
> > Check your BIOS Settings for the controller. May be that it needs to set
> > to "Mass Storage" if available in the HP Bios.
>
> There is nothing I can set regarding this. There is also a
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 14:46 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> John wrote on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:26:59 -0400:
>
> > Check your BIOS Settings for the controller. May be that it needs to set
> > to "Mass Storage" if available in the HP Bios.
>
> There is nothing I can set regarding this. There is also a
there is a bug on the bugtracker concerning "lsilogic"
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2531
but I'm not sure if it could relate to my issue or not. Searching for
"lsilogic.ko" with Google reveals only this single article, so that
information might just be fake.
Kai
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John wrote on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:26:59 -0400:
> Check your BIOS Settings for the controller. May be that it needs to set
> to "Mass Storage" if available in the HP Bios.
There is nothing I can set regarding this. There is also a built-in HP SATA
fakeRAID controller for the mainboard built-in SA
John R Pierce wrote on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:45:46 -0700:
> HP raids tend to have custom microcode to implement various HP specific
> features such as media interchange between all their different systems,
> so they aren't likely going to work with the hardware vendors generic
> OEM drivers.
I s
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
That "HP Internal Port SAS/SATA HBA with RAID"
actually is a RAID controller from LSILogic and I tried to load all four
LSILogic drivers provided on the driver list, but none is accepted.
HP raids tend to have custom microcode to implement various HP specific
features such
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 23:33 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> I want to install CentOS 5.1 with hardware RAID on an HP DL140 G3 server
> that I have here for testing. It prompts me for a storage controller.
Check your BIOS Settings for the controller. May be that it needs to set
to "Mass Storage" if
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