CentOS - Jan 2009 - getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U with dual Opteron 248 HE

hi robert...

what issues are you having? what params are you using as of now...



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From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On
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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 7:04 PM
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Subject: [CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U with
dualOpteron 248 HE


hi there.

anyone have any tips on params to pass to the kernel etc in order to install
Centos4 or Centos5 32bit or 64 bit installed on this unit

i can get it close to install, yet no cigar.

it is a tyan MB and ill try to get more info if needed...

for this case, please assume for now that the hardware itself is not
"bad"

thanks in advance...

 - rh

Rackable Systems Dual Opteron 2.0 GHz 1U Half-Depth Server

General Features:
No Server Operating System
Dual AMD Opteron 246 HE (OSK246CMP5AU) 2.0 GHz processors
4 GB DDR RAM
120 GB IDE hard drive
ATI Rage XL integrated video
Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet


Motherboard Features:
AMD-8111 chipset
One (1) PCI-X riser slot
Eight (8) DDR DIMM sockets


Front I/O Ports:
Two (2) PS/2 ports
One (1) 15-pin VGA port
One (1) 9-pin serial port
Two (2) USB ports
Two (2) RJ-45 Ethernet jacks


Case Features:
1U half-depth server chassis
One (1) 3.5-inch drive bay
Four rear cooling fans
400-watt power supply


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RobertH napsal(a):
> ummmm basically with centos 4 or 5 64 bit, it is freezing when i get to the
> partitioning and want to continue forward or after partitioning and moving
> towards the ummmmm place where one chooses software.
Hi,
are those disks totally empty or there are some partitions? Try to look
at them with fdisk. BTW sometimes Anaconda fails on disks with
partitions. Deleting partitions helps before install, sometimes I have
to "create a new empty DOS partition table" with fdisk.
Regards,
David

David Hrb?c wrote:
> are those disks totally empty or there are some partitions? Try to look
> at them with fdisk. BTW sometimes Anaconda fails on disks with
> partitions. Deleting partitions helps before install, sometimes I have
> to "create a new empty DOS partition table" with fdisk
or my old standby, boot the centos cd to single user mode, and execute

    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1024 count=1024

this zeros the first megabyte of the disk, wiping all traces of 
partition tables.     power cycle to clear the state of -everything-, 
*then* boot the installer...

> Hi,
> are those disks totally empty or there are some partitions? 
> Try to look at them with fdisk. BTW sometimes Anaconda fails 
> on disks with partitions. Deleting partitions helps before 
> install, sometimes I have to "create a new empty DOS 
> partition table" with fdisk.
> Regards,
> David
thank you for all that responded.

the disk appeared wiped and without partitions..., yet it wasnt and even
though it would allow me to partition it, the software install did not want
to play ball with a disk that did not have a partitiion removed even though
you could not see it so to speak.

the machines are screamerssssssssssss...

thanks again

 -rh

hi there.

anyone have any tips on params to pass to the kernel etc in order to install
Centos4 or Centos5 32bit or 64 bit installed on this unit

i can get it close to install, yet no cigar.

it is a tyan MB and ill try to get more info if needed...

for this case, please assume for now that the hardware itself is not
"bad"

thanks in advance...

 - rh

Rackable Systems Dual Opteron 2.0 GHz 1U Half-Depth Server 

General Features: 
No Server Operating System 
Dual AMD Opteron 246 HE (OSK246CMP5AU) 2.0 GHz processors 
4 GB DDR RAM  
120 GB IDE hard drive 
ATI Rage XL integrated video 
Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet 


Motherboard Features: 
AMD-8111 chipset 
One (1) PCI-X riser slot 
Eight (8) DDR DIMM sockets  


Front I/O Ports: 
Two (2) PS/2 ports 
One (1) 15-pin VGA port 
One (1) 9-pin serial port  
Two (2) USB ports 
Two (2) RJ-45 Ethernet jacks 


Case Features: 
1U half-depth server chassis 
One (1) 3.5-inch drive bay 
Four rear cooling fans 
400-watt power supply

> Subject: Re: [CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable 
> systems 1U withdualOpteron 248 HE
> 
> hi robert...
> 
> what issues are you having? what params are you using as of now...
> 
> 
> 
ummmm basically with centos 4 or 5 64 bit, it is freezing when i get to the
partitioning and want to continue forward or after partitioning and moving
towards the ummmmm place where one chooses software.

4.7 seems to work better than 5.2

would not work in graphical install mode. hangs

so i went to

linux text

...and i am not using any kernel params *yet* other than one time i tried

nousb nousbstorage skipddc

just for the heck of it, which worked on old compaq DL380 servers hehehehe
;-)

what i will try next is to turn off power mgmt and apic or whatever

i was wondering if others had bought any of these boxes and played with them
yet. they are pretty cheap and i have been looking for some cheap rackmount
boxes that i can throw large ata ide drives in to do some things with

 - rh

-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On
Behalf
Of RobertH
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:04 PM
To: 'CentOS mailing list'
Subject: [CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U with
dual
Opteron 248 HE

hi there.

anyone have any tips on params to pass to the kernel etc in order to install
Centos4 or Centos5 32bit or 64 bit installed on this unit
[snip]
for this case, please assume for now that the hardware itself is not
"bad"

thanks in advance...

[david] Have you checked install logs for error messages? During install it
is displayed on one of the virtual consoles. Not sure which. One of the
Install User Guides documents the purpose of each one used and the key
combinations [david] needed to switch between them. I think it's
ALT+(something)+Fn(n=1...).

You can also boot from the live CD to run diagnostics.

David Ross

 - rh

Rackable Systems Dual Opteron 2.0 GHz 1U Half-Depth Server

General Features:
No Server Operating System
Dual AMD Opteron 246 HE (OSK246CMP5AU) 2.0 GHz processors
4 GB DDR RAM
120 GB IDE hard drive
ATI Rage XL integrated video
Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet


Motherboard Features:
AMD-8111 chipset
One (1) PCI-X riser slot
Eight (8) DDR DIMM sockets


Front I/O Ports:
Two (2) PS/2 ports
One (1) 15-pin VGA port
One (1) 9-pin serial port
Two (2) USB ports
Two (2) RJ-45 Ethernet jacks


Case Features:
1U half-depth server chassis
One (1) 3.5-inch drive bay
Four rear cooling fans
400-watt power supply


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