[CentOS] Installation troubles

Chuck Campbell
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:51:28 -0000

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 03:32:55PM -0700, mark pryor
wrote:
>
>
> Chuck Campbell <campbell at accelinc.com> wrote: I have a new machine
I'm trying to install Centos 5.0 on and I'm not getting
> very far.
>
> Chuck,
>
> I'm suprised that the raid array wasn't named as
> /dev/mapper/isw_xxxyyyxxx

raid arrays are real hw raid on the 3ware card, and show up as very large
disks.

I was trying to install to a single drive (non raid) in the earlier messages.

>
> to be named as /dev/sdc suggests that anaconda didn't use dmraid.
> To be sure that the installer missed using dmraid, you could do a quick
knoppix (4.0+) live session and try to mount and read the fakeraid array named
above.

There are no fake raid arrays, just the hw raid arrays and the two individual
disks, which show up as sda and sdb (very large 2Tb disks) and sdc, sdd which
are the two single disks.

>
> If you don't find the isw_ device, then you will have to redo the
install, adding the dmraid kernel parameter along with "dd text
dmraid".

The install never runs, it just hangs as I described, so I have nothing on
any of the disks...

> As far as the blank screen, while in the knoppix session try to see if your
xorg.conf is missing a modeline. If missing, add a modeline suitable for your
monitor.

Not a blank screen, a screen full of hash with an X cursor which changes to
the arrow, but I cvan't see anything in the the hashed up screen.

I'll look for the xorg.conf details in knoppix, but how do I use those to do
a centos graphical install?

-chuck


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