Installation woes on a DL320 G2

[Larry]

Trying to get a FC6 install on a DL320 G2.

I get past the check media fine, then the problems start
The system is just hanging when trying to bring up the GUI installer OR
the text "gui"
If I go the standard install method then I get the cursor, but nothing else.
If I try text, I get a blue background but never any text or options.

I have tried
acpi=off apm=off, nofb,i8042.nomux, resolution=800x600(and 640x480 and
1024x768)
and the above options in about every combination I can think of.

If I go to any of the alternate shells I dont see any errors.

I have tried from DVD, CD, and even tried FC5.
I have used this DVD to install FC6 on 4 other machines so Its not a
media issue.

The machine does have an Ultra ATA-100 controller, however I see both
drives show up

I booted up an Ubuntu CD and it appears to be installing fine, however
I'm a Fedora Bigot!

I'm trying to go through the list to see if anyone else has reported
this, but thats a long process.
Googling for several hours hasn't led me anywhere either.

Anyone have any ideas what could be the problem and how I could fix it?

Appreciate any and all help.

Thanks,  Larry

[Dario Lesca]

Il giorno dom, 25/02/2007 alle 13.57 -0500, Larry ha scritto:
> Trying to get a FC6 install on a DL320 G2.
>
> I get past the check media fine, then the problems start
> The system is just hanging when trying to bring up the GUI installer OR
> the text "gui"
> If I go the standard install method then I get the cursor, but nothing else.
> If I try text, I get a blue background but never any text or options.
>
> I have tried
> acpi=off apm=off, nofb,i8042.nomux, resolution=800x600(and 640x480 and
> 1024x768)

try 'nodmraid' option.

[Larry]

I found a workaround but I will file this away for any future rebuilds
as something to try.

I ended up going back to FC4 to install, which google told me would
work, and then doing a direct FC4->FC6 upgrade via yum.

I'm going to let the machine run for a couple of days and check for any
errors just to make sure that nothing is jacked up.

I'm pretty sure (ok 99.9%) that its a controller issue as when I
disabled the controller the install proceeded fine up until It couldn't
find any HD's.

Can you just do a noXXX where XXX is any module you dont want loaded or
is there a specific list?  I have been pretty lucky during installs to
not have any issues so I'm not all that familiar with what options are
available. If you have a good link to read about this it would be welcome.

Thanks for the information.

Larry

Dario Lesca wrote:
> Il giorno dom, 25/02/2007 alle 13.57 -0500, Larry ha scritto:
> > Trying to get a FC6 install on a DL320 G2.
> >
> > I get past the check media fine, then the problems start
> > The system is just hanging when trying to bring up the GUI installer OR
> > the text "gui"
> > If I go the standard install method then I get the cursor, but nothing else.
> > If I try text, I get a blue background but never any text or options.
> >
> > I have tried
> > acpi=off apm=off, nofb,i8042.nomux, resolution=800x600(and 640x480 and
> > 1024x768)
>
> try 'nodmraid' option.

[Rick Stevens]

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 20:37 -0500, Larry wrote:
> I found a workaround but I will file this away for any future rebuilds
> as something to try.
>
> I ended up going back to FC4 to install, which google told me would
> work, and then doing a direct FC4->FC6 upgrade via yum.
>
> I'm going to let the machine run for a couple of days and check for any
> errors just to make sure that nothing is jacked up.
>
> I'm pretty sure (ok 99.9%) that its a controller issue as when I
> disabled the controller the install proceeded fine up until It couldn't
> find any HD's.
>
> Can you just do a noXXX where XXX is any module you dont want loaded or
> is there a specific list?  I have been pretty lucky during installs to
> not have any issues so I'm not all that familiar with what options are
> available. If you have a good link to read about this it would be welcome.

Most (not all) of the boot options are described in the kernel
documentation:

/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-(version)/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

A lot of issues seem to stem from APICs, so I'd try "noapic".
> Dario Lesca wrote:
> > Il giorno dom, 25/02/2007 alle 13.57 -0500, Larry ha scritto:
> > > Trying to get a FC6 install on a DL320 G2.
> > >
> > > I get past the check media fine, then the problems start
> > > The system is just hanging when trying to bring up the GUI installer OR
> > > the text "gui"
> > > If I go the standard install method then I get the cursor, but nothing else.
> > > If I try text, I get a blue background but never any text or options.
> > >
> > > I have tried
> > > acpi=off apm=off, nofb,i8042.nomux, resolution=800x600(and 640x480 and
> > > 1024x768)
> >
> > try 'nodmraid' option.

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[Larry]

Just to follow-up on this for the archives.  I ran into the same issue
with a DL320 G4 today.

Using "nodmraid" appears to have done the trick.

Thanks to everyone for the help!

Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 20:37 -0500, Larry wrote:
> > I found a workaround but I will file this away for any future rebuilds
> > as something to try.
> >
> > I ended up going back to FC4 to install, which google told me would
> > work, and then doing a direct FC4->FC6 upgrade via yum.
> >
> > I'm going to let the machine run for a couple of days and check for any
> > errors just to make sure that nothing is jacked up.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure (ok 99.9%) that its a controller issue as when I
> > disabled the controller the install proceeded fine up until It couldn't
> > find any HD's.
> >
> > Can you just do a noXXX where XXX is any module you dont want loaded or
> > is there a specific list?  I have been pretty lucky during installs to
> > not have any issues so I'm not all that familiar with what options are
> > available. If you have a good link to read about this it would be welcome.
>
> Most (not all) of the boot options are described in the kernel
> documentation:
> /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-(version)/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>
> A lot of issues seem to stem from APICs, so I'd try "noapic".
> > Dario Lesca wrote:
> > > Il giorno dom, 25/02/2007 alle 13.57 -0500, Larry ha scritto:
> > > > Trying to get a FC6 install on a DL320 G2.
> > > >
> > > > I get past the check media fine, then the problems start
> > > > The system is just hanging when trying to bring up the GUI installer OR
> > > > the text "gui"
> > > > If I go the standard install method then I get the cursor, but nothing else.
> > > > If I try text, I get a blue background but never any text or options.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried
> > > > acpi=off apm=off, nofb,i8042.nomux, resolution=800x600(and 640x480 and
> > > > 1024x768)
> > >
> > > try 'nodmraid' option.
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