x2100 and Fedoa Core 4
Just got a new X2100 server and need to install fedora core 4 on it with dual-core operton 64bit processor.
I have following the installation here
(http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3720-12/Chap2.h tml)
and making sure that I setup the BIOS for linux instllation. But the installation just cann't be completed. Screens of error codes comes out periodically during the installation process, sometimes during the formatting step, sometimes during the steps when actual fedora core packages are being
installed.
Does anyone have similar experiences?
I am doing PXE boot to do the installation, would it be the cause of the installation problem?
(I understand that Fedore Core 4 is not officialy supportecd by Sun but yet I was able to install Fc 4 on another x2100 with exactly the same hardware configuration.)
[890 byte] By [
saintong] at [2007-11-26 9:11:17]
# 1
You say you are loading from PXE. So I'm assuming you went into the BIOS and set a boot device to be the MBA.
Does the Fedora installation startup?
The only problem we've found on the x2100s is that you have to specify kernel support for the sata drives. We have to specify these modules:
scsi_mod libata sata_nv usbcore usb-ohci input hid keybdev
Hope this helps!
# 2
Yes I am loading the installation from PXE. I set the boot device to either MBA or nVidia (depending on which network interface that I used for connections). The Fedora installation always starts without problem, and then dies suddently before all the packages can be installed.
You mentioned about kernel support for sata drives. Which version of kernel
are you using? I am using 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp .
# 3
I'm using RedHat Enterprise Linux v3 update 6 (2.4.21-37.ELsmp #1 SMP) x86_64 (64 bit).
It sounds as if it cannot find some directory into which it wishes to write. I think when booting from the network, there is a read-only root partition mounted, and possibly also a read-only /usr.
But you were able to load this on another x2100, so I'm baffled. Did you check the cable connections internally?
