[CentOS] CentOS 4.2 issues

Benjamin Smith lists at benjamindsmith.com
Tue Nov 29 00:15:37 UTC 2005


Wbat happens if you install with 4.2? What errors do you see when you try to 
mount these partn? 

-Ben 

On Monday 28 November 2005 14:52, Mickael Maddison wrote:
> Just to confirm, I've reinstalled 4.1 from scratch, and the machines
> both seem to run just fine, but the problem is, I use YUM to update my
> machines, so now I am also worried about other machines that might be
> affected by this strange update issue.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Mickael
>             mailto:centos at silverservers.com
> 
> Monday, November 28, 2005, 2:26:38 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > Hello CentOS,
> 
> > I've just taken 2 old servers running CentOS 3.x, wiped it out, and
> > installed CentOS 4.1
> 
> > The systems seemed to work fine with CentOS 4.1, but when I proceeded
> > to run yum -y update, all the RPM's (101) download and seem to install
> > fine - however, upon reboot, partitions such as /usr/ and /var will
> > not mount (ext3).  These machines both use the Intel S875WP1 P4
> > Mainboards.  Both use SATA Drives.  One uses the promise controller
> > (which on install seems to find a suitable driver).
> 
> > Anyway, I've also tried installing directly from the CentOS 4.2 Server
> > CD, same issue.  Install goes fine, but bootup won't mount /var
> 
> > Any idea what this is all about?
> 
> 
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