Hi,
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel S3200SH mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the third drive as a hotspare drive.
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted into a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Please advise.
Thanks wL
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM, CList centoslist@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel S3200SH mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the third drive as a hotspare drive.
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted into a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Please advise.
Thanks wL
I've had this problem on an Intel board when I had hard drives on the motherboards SATA ports and some on the motherboards silicon image SATA ports. The bios seemed to swap the order the drives were present to grub so it couldn't boot. I would either get a blinking cursor or GRUB. I ended up putting all the drives on a LSI PCI Express card and everything just worked. However in your situation it sounds like you only have drives on the LSI controller.
I would try booting into resuce mode with the CentOS installation CD. You can do this by typing linux rescue. Have it search and mount the CentOS installation. Look at /boot/grub/device.map and make sure hd0 references the correct /dev/sd device. Also chroot /mnt/sysimage and try grub-install /dev/sd
Ryan
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel
S3200SH
mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the
third
drive as a hotspare drive.
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted
into
a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
<snip>
I've had this problem on an Intel board when I had hard drives on the motherboards SATA ports and some on the motherboards silicon image SATA ports. The bios seemed to swap the order the drives were present to grub so it couldn't boot. I would either get a blinking cursor or GRUB. I ended up putting all the drives on a LSI PCI Express card and everything just worked. However in your situation it sounds like you only have drives on the LSI controller.
I would try booting into resuce mode with the CentOS installation CD. You can do this by typing linux rescue. Have it search and mount the CentOS installation. Look at /boot/grub/device.map and make sure hd0 references the correct /dev/sd device. Also chroot /mnt/sysimage and try grub-install /dev/sd
Ryan,
I followed your instruction, but it is still not working. Any other suggestion?
Thanks wL
On 5/24/2010 4:10 AM, CList wrote:
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel
S3200SH
mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the
third
drive as a hotspare drive.
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted
into
a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
<snip>
I've had this problem on an Intel board when I had hard drives on the motherboards SATA ports and some on the motherboards silicon image SATA ports. The bios seemed to swap the order the drives were present to grub so it couldn't boot. I would either get a blinking cursor or GRUB. I ended up putting all the drives on a LSI PCI Express card and everything just worked. However in your situation it sounds like you only have drives on the LSI controller.
I would try booting into resuce mode with the CentOS installation CD. You can do this by typing linux rescue. Have it search and mount the CentOS installation. Look at /boot/grub/device.map and make sure hd0 references the correct /dev/sd device. Also chroot /mnt/sysimage and try grub-install /dev/sd
Ryan,
I followed your instruction, but it is still not working. Any other suggestion?
Have you considered using software raid instead? I would take a reinstall, but IMO an easier/better solution over built-in and low-end HW raid controllers. Dan
CList wrote:
Hi,
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel S3200SH mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
fake-raid alert!
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the third drive as a hotspare drive.
Okay...
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted into a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Drivers for the LSI fake-raid not included in initrd maybe?
Please advise.
Reinstall and use md raid?
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel
S3200SH
mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
fake-raid alert!
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the
third
drive as a hotspare drive.
Okay...
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted
into
a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Drivers for the LSI fake-raid not included in initrd maybe?
Please advise.
Reinstall and use md raid?
Will I lose the hotswap capability?
wL
CList wrote:
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel
S3200SH
mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
fake-raid alert!
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the
third
drive as a hotspare drive.
Okay...
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted
into
a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Drivers for the LSI fake-raid not included in initrd maybe?
Please advise.
Reinstall and use md raid?
Will I lose the hotswap capability?
That depends on the controller and driver...
Just what LSI board is this? A 3ware board or megaraid or what?!?!
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel
S3200SH
mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
fake-raid alert!
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the
third
drive as a hotspare drive.
Okay...
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted
into
a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Drivers for the LSI fake-raid not included in initrd maybe?
Please advise.
Reinstall and use md raid?
Will I lose the hotswap capability?
That depends on the controller and driver...
Just what LSI board is this? A 3ware board or megaraid or what?!?!
It should be an Intel MegaSR
Regards wL
I have been trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a Intel SR1530SHS, Intel
S3200SH
mainboard.. It has a 3 x 1TB sata hotswap drives with LSI software raid onboard.
fake-raid alert!
I had configured the LSI to have Sata0 and Sata1 with raid 1 and the
third
drive as a hotspare drive.
Okay...
Format the harddisk and installation was a breeze. The server rebooted
into
a blank screen and the cursor just keep blinking.
Drivers for the LSI fake-raid not included in initrd maybe?
Please advise.
Reinstall and use md raid?
Will I lose the hotswap capability?
That depends on the controller and driver...
Just what LSI board is this? A 3ware board or megaraid or what?!?!
Intel confirmed there is no driver for 5.4. It is meant for 5.1
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