I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot - I just get a message (presumably) from BIOS saying that boot from hard disk 0. If I start the installer again after this, or boot rescue mode off the install DVD, the installation is correctly found, however.
Does anyone have any idea what may cause this and/or how I can fix the problem? Or is there at least anyone out there who has tried CentOS on the same type of hardware?
Note that I've tried (re)installing several times, and also tested CentOS 5.4, but the result is always the same. I've also used CentOS without any problems on an x3550 M2, i.e. a slightly older variant of the hardware. I've (so far) installed with the default disk layout and package selection.
- Toralf
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2010/11/11 Toralf Lund toralf.lund@pgs.com
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot - I just get a message (presumably) from BIOS saying that boot from hard disk 0. If I start the installer again after this, or boot rescue mode off the install DVD, the installation is correctly found, however.
Does anyone have any idea what may cause this and/or how I can fix the problem? Or is there at least anyone out there who has tried CentOS on the same type of hardware?
Note that I've tried (re)installing several times, and also tested CentOS 5.4, but the result is always the same. I've also used CentOS without any problems on an x3550 M2, i.e. a slightly older variant of the hardware. I've (so far) installed with the default disk layout and package selection.
- Toralf
it may be that grub was not installed.
it may be that grub was not installed.
I agree; also double check that the drive you installed CentOS on is the drive that you're booting from?
I've (so far) installed with the default disk layout and package
selection.
You may want to try specifying a /boot partition.
If all else fails, I've found this guide very useful http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html
You'll probably want this section: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html#Installing-GRUB-nat...
Hope this helps, Rob
Rob Del Vecchio wrote:
it may be that grub was not installed.
I did try "grub-install" from Rescue Mode, but it made no difference.
I agree; also double check that the drive you installed CentOS on is the drive that you're booting from?
I don't think I have more than one drive, but I'll check more closely...
I've (so far) installed with the default disk layout and package
selection.
You may want to try specifying a /boot partition.
Isn't that added by default?
If all else fails, I've found this guide very useful http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html
You'll probably want this section: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/grub.html#Installing-GRUB-nat...
I'll have a look. Thanks.
- Toralf
Hope this helps, Rob
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On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot - I just get a message (presumably) from BIOS saying that boot from hard disk 0. If I start the installer again after this, or boot rescue mode off the install DVD, the installation is correctly found, however.
Does anyone have any idea what may cause this and/or how I can fix the problem? Or is there at least anyone out there who has tried CentOS on the same type of hardware?
Note that I've tried (re)installing several times, and also tested CentOS 5.4, but the result is always the same. I've also used CentOS without any problems on an x3550 M2, i.e. a slightly older variant of the hardware. I've (so far) installed with the default disk layout and package selection.
- Toralf
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ]
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack & Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
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On 11/11/10 16:25, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ]
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9 & A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 16:25, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ]
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9 & A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
It's 7944-K1G
I've selected 7944 along with "System x" and "System x3550 M3" at http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/, but like I said, couldn't find anything obvious.
- Toralf
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On 11/11/2010 9:39 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 16:25, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ]
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
It's 7944-K1G
I've selected 7944 along with "System x" and "System x3550 M3" at http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/, but like I said, couldn't find anything obvious.
There's a bunch of stuff under the 'operating system independent' selection there, including some sas and serverRAID updates. But what I've usually found for earlier IBM models was everything on a bootable cd or dvd image that would figure out what you needed and update it all at once. Not sure where to find it for this model, though.
On 11/11/10 16:39, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 16:25, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ]
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
It's 7944-K1G
I've selected 7944 along with "System x" and "System x3550 M3" at http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/, but like I said, couldn't find anything obvious.
- Toralf
Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates.
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Syst...
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 16:39, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 16:25, Toralf Lund wrote:
RedShift wrote:
On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ]
Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
It's 7944-K1G
I've selected 7944 along with "System x" and "System x3550 M3" at http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/, but like I said, couldn't find anything obvious.
- Toralf
Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates.
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Syst...
Ah. Thanks.
I believe I missed that file because I searched for operating system independent components (because firmware doesn't use the OS, right?), but apparently I should have chosen some Linux variant instead.
Anyhow, I now think I've successfully installed this update, but unfortunately, the system still won't boot :-( Maybe it's time to contact our supplier...
- Toralf
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> I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM > System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install > setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears > to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ] > > > > > > Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with.
That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
[ ... ]
Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates.
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Syst...
Ah. Thanks.
I believe I missed that file because I searched for operating system independent components (because firmware doesn't use the OS, right?), but apparently I should have chosen some Linux variant instead.
I should perhaps mention that I found a solution, sort of: It seems like the problem is that the system simply won't boot from a single hard disk set up as just that - a single, separate drive. I suspect this has something to do with the disk/RAID controller firmware, but updating it did not help. If, on the other hand, I define (from within the controller setup screen) a "RAID" containing only one drive, everything works just fine...
- Toralf
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Toralf Lund wrote:
>> I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM >> System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install >> setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears >> to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with. > > > > > That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager".
- Toralf
What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
[ ... ]
Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates.
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Syst...
Ah. Thanks.
I believe I missed that file because I searched for operating system independent components (because firmware doesn't use the OS, right?), but apparently I should have chosen some Linux variant instead.
I should perhaps mention that I found a solution, sort of: It seems like the problem is that the system simply won't boot from a single hard disk set up as just that - a single, separate drive. I suspect this has something to do with the disk/RAID controller firmware, but updating it did not help. If, on the other hand, I define (from within the controller setup screen) a "RAID" containing only one drive, everything works just fine...
Try nodmraid on the kernel line in grub - I needed this after one of the upgrades in the 5.x series.
- Toralf
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Rob Kampen wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
>>> I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM >>> System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install >>> setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears >>> to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with. >> >> >> >> >> > That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to > install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right > now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that > it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for > Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager". > > - Toralf > > > What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis.
[ ... ]
Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates.
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Syst...
Ah. Thanks.
I believe I missed that file because I searched for operating system independent components (because firmware doesn't use the OS, right?), but apparently I should have chosen some Linux variant instead.
I should perhaps mention that I found a solution, sort of: It seems like the problem is that the system simply won't boot from a single hard disk set up as just that - a single, separate drive. I suspect this has something to do with the disk/RAID controller firmware, but updating it did not help. If, on the other hand, I define (from within the controller setup screen) a "RAID" containing only one drive, everything works just fine...
Try nodmraid on the kernel line in grub - I needed this after one of the upgrades in the 5.x series.
The problem is that the system never gets to the grub stage, i.e. it fails to boot from hard drive at the BIOS level, so as to speak.
- Toralf
- Toralf
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On 11/23/10 5:56 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
I should perhaps mention that I found a solution, sort of: It seems like the problem is that the system simply won't boot from a single hard disk set up as just that - a single, separate drive. I suspect this has something to do with the disk/RAID controller firmware, but updating it did not help. If, on the other hand, I define (from within the controller setup screen) a "RAID" containing only one drive, everything works just fine...
Try nodmraid on the kernel line in grub - I needed this after one of the upgrades in the 5.x series.
The problem is that the system never gets to the grub stage, i.e. it fails to boot from hard drive at the BIOS level, so as to speak.
I haven't installed on an M3 yet, but that was also the case in the original 3550 model with the aacraid controller. The bios only sees the volumes as they are defined in the raid setup, even single drives. Another quirk I found was that the disks remember their positions even if you move them. For example, I cloned some drives with dd, and if I moved the one from the 2nd position into the first bay in another machine and told the raid controller to 'accept' it as-is, centos would see it as sdb (with the obvious confusing result when trying to repeat the clone process on that machine...). If there is a way to avoid this I'd like to know - initializing the drives was the slowest step of setting these machines up.
Toralf Lund wrote:
Rob Kampen wrote:
Toralf Lund wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM >>>> System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install >>>> setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears >>>> to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to >> install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right >> now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that >> it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for >> Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager". >> >> - Toralf >> >> >> >> > What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis. > > [ ... ] > >
Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates.
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Syst...
Ah. Thanks.
I believe I missed that file because I searched for operating system independent components (because firmware doesn't use the OS, right?), but apparently I should have chosen some Linux variant instead.
I should perhaps mention that I found a solution, sort of: It seems like the problem is that the system simply won't boot from a single hard disk set up as just that - a single, separate drive. I suspect this has something to do with the disk/RAID controller firmware, but updating it did not help. If, on the other hand, I define (from within the controller setup screen) a "RAID" containing only one drive, everything works just fine...
Try nodmraid on the kernel line in grub - I needed this after one of the upgrades in the 5.x series.
The problem is that the system never gets to the grub stage, i.e. it fails to boot from hard drive at the BIOS level, so as to speak.
Of course, this probably means the problem isn't related to CentOS at all, but I didn't quite realise that when I posted the original question...
- Toralf
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