[BlueOnyx:14137] Re: BlueOnyx Installation Issues

[Fungal Style]

Well an update from my post...

I tried in a vm... centos 6.3 bo works but 6.4 asked for the location of source. Now it i mount the 6.3 it will progress... so not likely a driver issue here... maybe image issue?

Will try from other location as i believe i grabbed from main US repository.

--- Original Message ---

From: "Michael Stauber" <mstauber at blueonyx.it>
Sent: 19 December 2013 6:44 AM
To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it>
Cc: mduarte at sentex.net
Subject: [BlueOnyx:14123] Re: BlueOnyx Installation Issues

Hi Manuel,

> Just a quick question. I have tried installing BlueOnyx 5107R (CentOS) on two
> different machines unsuccessfully. The issue is that I can boot from the CD
> and progress successfully though several menus. However, I get to one point
> and the setup menu complains that it cannot find the distribution. I tried
> the installation on a Dell 17XX series blade and an IBM X232 (both SCSI based
> systems) with exactly the same problem. Any idea of what I could be doing
> wrong?

I replied to your earlier message with the response marked as
[BlueOnyx:14114]

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.

You answered about the hardware in your most recent reply. What kind of
CD-ROMs are you using in that servers?

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With best regards

Michael Stauber
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