[CentOS] CentOS4 and older megaraid - SOLVED?
William
wlist-centos at kimballstuff.com
Sat Aug 20 21:39:33 UTC 2005
Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 15:02 -0600, William wrote:
>> As I noted early in this
>>discovery, the normal linux installer does not allow this switch.
>
> ----
> sure it does - after you complete (or skip) the verify media process, if
> all you have is the RAID disks, system will stop and report that it was
> unable to find a suitable disk for installation and ask if you want to
> install any modules (this is the virtual equivalent of passing a 'linux
> dd' at boot). At that point, you can switch to a working command prompt
> (<Alt><F2>)
> ----
To clarify: I'm installing with the original CentOS 4.0 release that
has an older 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL kernel. I'm doing my best to balance your
instructions (apparently for CentOS 4.1 or perhaps newer CentOS 4.0
install images) against what I actually have on-hand. This is tricky,
and one of my hurdles is that the linux installer really does not allow
Alt+F2 switching when in modes other than 'dd' or 'rescue'. I found the
tuxyturvy page a long time ago and met that frustration very early.
Your 'linux rescue' note set me on the right track and things are
falling into place, slowly.
In any event, I boffed my first install attempt and I'm running the
whole process again. I'll let the list know whether I get this to work
with CentOS 4.0.
Thanks, again, for the help! :)
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William Kimball, Jr.
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