[CentOS] Re: install issues
William Warren
hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com
Fri Jan 25 17:07:27 UTC 2008
I found a better workaround. i forgot i had a usb 2.0 external cdrom
drive. I booted to that and it's installing from the 64 bit cd set for
centos 5. I have files a bug report about not being able to use the
internal dvd drive for installations of 64 bit.
William Warren wrote:
> https install is painfully slow(as i only have a 3 megabit connection)
> but it at least tries to install..after fighting timeouts and other
> connectivity issues.
>
> 32 bi installs fine..64 bit refuses to install saying i don't have the
> cd in the drive(irregardless if i am using cd's or dvd's.)
>
> the https install has died 4 times now saying it's timing
> out..unfortunately the other 5 machines here are not having any issues.
>
> I need a machine working pretty quick..if this is not solved soon i'll
> send this back and build one myself.
>
> sincerely,
> William Warren
> Damien Solodow wrote:
>> Are you trying to install the 64-bit or the 32-bit?
>> While the install is running, some of the other virtual consoles display
>> logs and error information. What do those show when the install
>> rejects your
>> disk?
>>
>> What result did you get trying from the HTTP install?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of William Warren
>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:37 AM
>> To: CentOS mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: install issues
>>
>> it's a bit more complex..i had to manually enter the mirror
>> information..but that's exceedingly minor..<G. I ma not installing
>> centos 5 64 bit. i would like to know why no 64 bit cd or dvd will
>> not install.
>>
>> Damien Solodow wrote:
>>> Yep. Just grab the 'netinstall' iso file and burn it. (It's about 7mb)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of William Warren
>>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:15 AM
>>> To: CentOS mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: install issues
>>>
>>> I just realized the old server had a cd rom not dvd..:(
>>>
>>> I wonder if i can install directly from one of the mirrors over http?
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>>> on 1/24/2008 2:17 PM William Warren spake the following:
>>>>> well it boots onto my athlon64 system. what's weird is no centos
>>>>> dvd will install..they all die at that point. The centos 32 bit
>>>>> CD's also work fine. I guess something in this machine does not
>>>>> like centos dvd's. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm starting the
>>>>> centos 64 bit cd set torrent now but if i can find a solution in
>>>>> the next 6 hours(burning and downloading time) i'd be highly
>>>>> appreciative.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wiliam
>>>>>
>>>>> William Warren wrote:
>>>>>> I have a new dell t105(opty 1210's with 4 gigs of ram..sata hdd's
>>>>>> and sata dvd-rom). I can bot to the Cent 5 64 bit dvd fine but
>>>>>> once it asks where the install image is i tell it cd-rom..then it
>>>>>> rejects the dvd spits it out and tells me it's not there. the
>>>>>> same happens on 32 bit. I have downloaded centos5 twice now, md5
>>>>>> verified..and even burned at 1x(that took forever). Any ideas as
>>>>>> to why it refuses to see a disk that's there, properly burned, and
>>>>>> verified?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> If you have another server available, you can loop mount the dvd and
>>>> share it by HTTP. In the images directory is a boot.iso that you can
>>>> burn to CD and do network installs.
>>>>
>>>>
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