[BlueOnyx:14115] Re: Problems installing 5107R

[Fungal Style]

Actually i just had the same experience... with the centos 6.4 release of blueonyx 64bit.

I am setting up on a vm for testing and have used BO on vms previously with little or no issues.

I will try a few thing as the install option i  chose was for single drive where normally i would select nomdraid or the 1st option... no too sure as i am not in front of the console for a bit.

Regards
Brian

--- Original Message ---

From: "Michael Stauber" <mstauber at blueonyx.it>
Sent: 17 December 2013 9:12 AM
To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it>
Subject: [BlueOnyx:14114] Re: Problems installing 5107R

Hi Manuel,

> Not sure if anyone has experienced this problem. When installing BlueOnyx
> 5107R (32-bit) the machine bots from the CD fine but then after a few screens
> for language and keyboard it complains that it cannot find the installation
> CD! This would be the same CD as the server booted from I would think. I
> tried this on two machines with the same result. Anyone experience this
> before?

The installer shouldn't ask you for keyboard and language. That happens
at a later time when the install has finished and you access the web
based GUI for the first time.

If you're asked for keyboard and language settings during the install,
then things already went wrong.

The typical reason for that is this:

The CD boots a mini Linux used for the install. That mini Linux uses a
Kernel that's supplied on the CD and that kernel uses the drivers
included on the CD to detect the hardware - such as CD ROMs.

It is most likely that this mini Linux doesn't have the drivers for the
CD ROM that you are using for the install.

Yes, I know. It is a bit paradox. It got that far on one kernel (the 1st
stage installer), but the kernel on the 2nd stage of the installer now
can't see the CD ROM.

You can use CTRL + ALT + the function keys F1-F12 to tab through various
shells. F1 shows the installer and F2 usually gives you a root shell. On
that shell you can use "fdisk -l" or "mount" or "dmesg" to check and
you'll see that the CD ROM didn't get initialized.

If you're using an external USB CD ROM, try to use another one or - at
the worst - open the server and temporarily connect an IDE or SATA CD
ROM just for the install.

Or sometimes it is sufficient to disconnect the USB CD-ROM as soon as
the blue background of the installer shows. Just disconnect it for 2-3
seconds and reconnect. This should happen before the message "Detecting
USB devices" (or similar) pops up.

Out of curiosity: What hardware are you using and what type of CD ROM?

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With best regards

Michael Stauber
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