Gilbert Sebenste
2015-Jan-12 16:13 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS 6.6 64-bit won't install on a 3 TB disk
Hello everyone, I'm having an issue getting a C6.6 install to work on a 3 TB dual hard drive system, raid 0. I'm hoping that someone here can help. So, I install as normal, but then reboot, and it comes to a grub prompt. Going into the system via Linux rescue, I see that most of the files dealing with the kernel haven't been installed. I asked the maker of the server and he said that they have noticed this happen recently. A solution is to put the kernel files on a thumb drive, and then point the OS to look for them there. I have yet to try it, but is there a better way to deal with this issue that anyone else has done? Gilbert ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** *******************************************************************************
Have you tried manually putting the kernel/initrd files where they are missing from? Having said that, relying on this machine as a server seems questionable under the circumstances. :-) Lucian -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! nux.ro ----- Original Message -----> From: "Gilbert Sebenste" <sebenste at weather.admin.niu.edu> > To: centos at centos.org > Sent: Monday, 12 January, 2015 16:13:56 > Subject: [CentOS] CentOS 6.6 64-bit won't install on a 3 TB disk> Hello everyone, > > I'm having an issue getting a C6.6 install to work on a 3 TB dual hard > drive system, raid 0. I'm hoping that someone here can help. > > So, I install as normal, but then reboot, and it comes to a grub prompt. > Going into the system via Linux rescue, I see that most of the files > dealing with the kernel haven't been installed. > > I asked the maker of the server and he said that they have noticed this > happen recently. A solution is to put the kernel files on a thumb drive, > and then point the OS to look for them there. > > I have yet to try it, but is there a better way to deal with this issue > that anyone else has done? > > Gilbert > > ******************************************************************************* > Gilbert Sebenste ******** > (My opinions only!) ****** > ******************************************************************************* > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Gordon Messmer
2015-Jan-13 17:47 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS 6.6 64-bit won't install on a 3 TB disk
> I'm having an issue getting a C6.6 install to work on a 3 TB dual hard >drive system, raid 0. I'm hoping that someone here can help.1: Is this system booting UEFI or BIOS? 2: Is the disk partitioned with MBR or GPT? 3: Is /boot on its own partition? 3TB drives are larger than MBR and BIOS properly support, so they're only really expected to work on a system partitioned with GPT and booting via UEFI. And in that case, /boot and /boot/efi need to be individual partitions.