[BlueOnyx:08200] Re: Same mess different BlueOnyx version, using scsi drives

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Gerald,

> SL-6.1+BlueOnyx doesn't work
> SL-6.1 DVD works
> 
> What happens when BlueOnyx is added that causes the install CD to barf
> nanging the drives

I'm sorry to hear that, Gerald. I need some help troubleshooting this as I 
cannot cover all hardware variants during testing.

Generally our SL-6.1+BlueOnyx CD should support any kind of drives: 

IDE, SCSI, SATA, SAS and SSD.

However, *any* kind of hardware detection depends on the Kernel of the 1st 
stage installer and on the Anaconda installer within the 1st stage installer. 

Now if the "naked" SL-6.1 works for you, the problem could be with the custom 
kickstart.cfg file that we use on our version of the CD.

To troubleshoot this, please do the following:

Try to do another install using the most recent ISO:

BlueOnyx-5107R-SL-6.1-20110811.iso (which you probably were using)

Please let me know the exact error message you get.

Additionally, when you get the error, press CTRL + ALT + F2 to get to the 
command prompt. Once you get the prompt, look inside the /tmp directory.

There are some files in /tmp that greatly help with debugging of a failed 
install:

/tmp/syslog
/tmp/anaconda.log
/tmp/include-parts

Especially /tmp/include-parts is very important here, as it contains the 
automatically generated partition layout, which is generated by our kickstart 
script after it has detected your disk types and amount of disks.

Please check your /tmp/include-parts and let me know what information it 
contains.

Additionally, report back the output of the command "fdisk -l". Especially I 
need to know if any disks are found and if so, what their device identifiers 
are (i.e.: /dev/sda, /dev/hda or whatever).

Based on that information I can then fix the CD so that it works for you (and 
others with the same issue).

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber
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