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! :)