Johnny Hughes wrote:
Chris,
The standard 4.2 ISOs boot an i586 kernel not an i686 kernel.
Try the 4.2 single server CD and you might have better luck (it boots an i686 kernel).
The upcoming 4.3 ISO set for the i386 arch will boot an i686 kernel by default and require people to pass in i586 if they want to install on an i586 machine. This will solve the dd issue once and for all :)
That worked beautifully and the server is up with mdadm running a 4 disk raid. No errors so far.