Karanbir Singh wrote: > Chris Mauritz wrote: > >> Since this is just for burn in and testing, I use the >> default partitions that are suggested and it formats root just fine and >> then hangs about 90% of the way through /boot....every time on more than >> one machine. :-( >> > > try installing in text mode. Keep an eye on vc#3 and vc#4 for whats > going on... > I was able to get an install to complete in text mode (wierd), but the kernel randomly panics and wedges the machine within minutes of booting. There must be a newer driver in the FC5 kernel since that seemed to be running without incident when the machines arrived. I have a bunch of cheap Silicon Image 3112-based dual SATA cards on hand so I ended up just disabling the onboard SATA ports and used those instead. Odd.... Otherwise, the machines seem pretty darned speedy using 2gigs RAM, an Opteron 175, and dual 250gig drives. I'm a bit torn in terms of choosing the version of CentOS for them. All this prelim testing has been with the x86_64 version. Has anyone seen any real world performance delta between x86 and x86_64 (assuming that you're not using all that extra address space)? Cheers,