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?
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?
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.
will the network install iso on the mirrors do the same thing? If so yes i have another server(the one who's hard drives are going to wind up in this one..<G.). So i would have to setup apache for this it sounds like. It's going to take a bit to figure out..but that's ht challenge(i bought the server for testing various vm scenarios..<G.)
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.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
on 1/24/2008 3:02 PM William Warren spake the following:
will the network install iso on the mirrors do the same thing? If so yes i have another server(the one who's hard drives are going to wind up in this one..<G.). So i would have to setup apache for this it sounds like. It's going to take a bit to figure out..but that's ht challenge(i bought the server for testing various vm scenarios..<G.)
Probably. But you could also install from one of the mirrors and just do a minimal install, and yum install the rest. You just need to find a mirror close to you and get the path right.
I'll have to take a look and see if that network install iso will do that..:)
Once i figure that out i'll then see if i can setup a vm..enable remote access for the user..and have them do a net install..hrmm i might setup a dedicated hard drive as a repo mirror for centos 4 and 5. Oh the possibilities.
Scott Silva wrote:
on 1/24/2008 3:02 PM William Warren spake the following:
will the network install iso on the mirrors do the same thing? If so yes i have another server(the one who's hard drives are going to wind up in this one..<G.). So i would have to setup apache for this it sounds like. It's going to take a bit to figure out..but that's ht challenge(i bought the server for testing various vm scenarios..<G.)
Probably. But you could also install from one of the mirrors and just do a minimal install, and yum install the rest. You just need to find a mirror close to you and get the path right.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
on 1/25/2008 8:14 AM William Warren spake the following:
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?
You should be able to, but do a minimal install and yum install the rest.
My "GUESS" is the SATA DVD. Is there an IDE port available to try? doesn't say in the spec sheet.
Also, maybe a post on the Dell Server Linux support list.
http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
Theres a post on how to boot from USB, FWIW.... http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pes_other&... message.id=20285&query.id=33473#M20285
A quick Google search on Centos sata DVD showed a few others having issues, not just on Dell.
Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of William Warren Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:37 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] install isues
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?
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sata only..
Dennis McLeod wrote:
My "GUESS" is the SATA DVD. Is there an IDE port available to try? doesn't say in the spec sheet.
Also, maybe a post on the Dell Server Linux support list.
http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
Theres a post on how to boot from USB, FWIW.... http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pes_other&... message.id=20285&query.id=33473#M20285
A quick Google search on Centos sata DVD showed a few others having issues, not just on Dell.
Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of William Warren Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:37 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] install isues
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?
-- Registered Microsoft Partner
My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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