[BlueOnyx:06103] Re: ADAPTEC AIC-9404

[Gerald Waugh]

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 23:14 +0100, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Gerald,
> 
> > I copied the files from isolinux to isolinux on the BQ with the
> > exception of isolinux/isolinux.cfg
> > this file has append ks=cdrom:/ks/kickstart.cfg initrd=initrd.img text
> > All went fine on boot and start of the install, but got to a point where
> > it indicate that the CD was not a CentOS-5.5 install CD.
> > At this point I put the CentOS-5.5 CD in, then it indicated it couldn't
> > find "group blueonyx" I said to continue and the install them completed.
> > many of the blueonyx things were there, it partitioned and formatted the
> > disk properly with RAID1, disabled selinux. did not install the BlueOnyx
> > GUI.
> > 
> > Seems like if I could make the cd make itself recognized as a CentOS-5.5
> > CD It might work.
> 
> Yeah, copying all from the isolinux folder (but the isolinux.cfg) usually gets 
> you into that kind of troubles. Hence I try to avoid that for as long as 
> possible.
> 
> You can usually make it work by just copying the isolinux.bin and the vmlinuz 
> over. Even then it might not work. I remember that one time around I had to 
> either unpack isolinux.bin, fix it and repackage it, or had to substitute the 
> .diskinfo and .treeinfo from the newer CD, too.

I just built a new install CD using the BQ Install CD CentOS/*.rpm,
kickstart.cfg.

I T - W O R K S ! Persistance will overcome anything!!! This URL helped.
http://greghaygood.com/2007/12/11/build-a-custom-centos-5-install-cd And
my thanks to Greg Haygood the Author

-- 
Gerald