Just to follow-up on this for the archives. I ran into the same issue with a DL320 G4 today. Using "nodmraid" appears to have done the trick. Thanks to everyone for the help! Rick Stevens wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 20:37 -0500, Larry wrote: >> I found a workaround but I will file this away for any future rebuilds >> as something to try. >> >> I ended up going back to FC4 to install, which google told me would >> work, and then doing a direct FC4->FC6 upgrade via yum. >> >> I'm going to let the machine run for a couple of days and check for any >> errors just to make sure that nothing is jacked up. >> >> I'm pretty sure (ok 99.9%) that its a controller issue as when I >> disabled the controller the install proceeded fine up until It couldn't >> find any HD's. >> >> Can you just do a noXXX where XXX is any module you dont want loaded or >> is there a specific list? I have been pretty lucky during installs to >> not have any issues so I'm not all that familiar with what options are >> available. If you have a good link to read about this it would be welcome. > > Most (not all) of the boot options are described in the kernel > documentation: > > /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-(version)/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > A lot of issues seem to stem from APICs, so I'd try "noapic". > >> Dario Lesca wrote: >>> Il giorno dom, 25/02/2007 alle 13.57 -0500, Larry ha scritto: >>>> Trying to get a FC6 install on a DL320 G2. >>>> >>>> I get past the check media fine, then the problems start >>>> The system is just hanging when trying to bring up the GUI installer OR >>>> the text "gui" >>>> If I go the standard install method then I get the cursor, but nothing else. >>>> If I try text, I get a blue background but never any text or options. >>>> >>>> I have tried >>>> acpi=off apm=off, nofb,i8042.nomux, resolution=800x600(and 640x480 and >>>> 1024x768) >>> try 'nodmraid' option. >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > - - > - BASIC is the Computer Science version of `Scientific Creationism' - > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
