[BlueOnyx:06714] Re: new build ISO shell based network issues?

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Roy,

> During the shell based setup wizard, I would constantly get the screen
> taken over every few minutes by the raid sync utility timing out and
> throwing an error, but eventually the drives sync'd ok.

Yeah, some background tasks sometime dump info onto the console. That can be a 
nuisance.
 
> I also noticed after exiting the shell setup by choosing "save and exit" I
> didn't see any services restarting. I recall that used to happen when using
> the shell based setup.

Oh yes. When you finish the initial setup or when you are using 
/root/network_settings.sh, then the network and relevant services will be 
restarted. If *that* didn't happen on your end, then something is really 
wrong.

> I cant troubleshoot my way out of  a wet paper bag at a
> linux command line, especially when basic commands like ifconfig and init
> are removed

Errr ... just to clarify: You say "ifconfig" and "init" aren't present? If so, 
your box wouldn't boot up or take any network settings at all. I think that 
part of your troubles is a handling issue:

When you login as "admin" and then "su" to gain root access, the /sbin 
directory isn't part of your path. So you need to specify the full path to the 
commands from /sbin if you need any of those. Like "/sbin/ifconfig" or 
"/sbin/init".

If you're on the local console anyway, login directly as "root" to get around 
that issue. If you login as "admin" (like you have to when you use SSH for 
example) and need to "su", use "su -" instead. The minus at the end will make 
sure that /sbin is added to your path, too.

Like said: That part may have been a handling issue, but your box not taking 
network settings or services not restarting after the setup scripts of course 
has nothing to do with that. There sure is something else wrong with the box.

> Also several times during the shell based setup application the screen
> would switch to a white on black screen full of junk, Hebrew looking
> characters. (obviously not Hebrew, but it had the same types of shapes)
> after tabbing around and managing to get out of that screen, the screen
> change would cause a full refresh and be OK.

That's really weird. Roy, I hate to say it, but do another OS restore on that 
box and start over. It could be that one (or more) RPMs off the CD didn't 
install correctly. 

Maybe the ISO image was corrupt, maybe the CD-ROM had troubles reading some 
parts of the CD, so I'd even suggest to go as far as to re-download the ISO 
and to burn it again - just to be sure.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber
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