On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 22:06 -0700, Robert Hanson wrote: > } > } Ok, here's what iam trying on,, a compaq proliant 8500 server with 8 xeon > } 550mhz processors, 6 gig ram,, i just installed centos 4.1 on a proliant > } 3000 dual 550's and 2 gig ram and went smooth as silk, just got the 8500 > } and it seems to be in good order, but when i tried (twice) to install > } centos 4.1 it stalls shortly after a screen of stuff installing and the > } last two items are something about usb ports (no usb on this or the other > } server), i then tried fedora core 3 for just a test and it stalled like > } centos but on the ide/floppy line, i would really like to get centos 4.1 > } installed on this machine so any help/insight would really be > } appreciated,,, > } > } chuck, a semi nube and a full webslave > > Chuck, > > oops, i forgot in my first post to this... there could be an issue with > having 6 Gig RAM as well... i dont recall what it is right off the bat > though... maybe Bryan is around... i have read just about everyones > productive work on this list and i just dont remember what the largemem > issue was with greater than 2gig or 4 gig... > I would recommend removing memory to 2gb to do the install ... then try putting the memory back in after the install and see how that goes. The install kernel is a plain jane i586 kernel ... might have some issues with that much memory > anyways, if my first suggestion doesnt work, please wait for Bryan and the > others to pick up on this thread... > > let us know what happens with > > linux text lowres nousb nousbstorage skipddc > > and hopefully you wont have a memory issue until after the initial install > if at all. > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050820/42a1551b/attachment-0004.sig>