Installation woes on a DL320 G2

[Larry]

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.
>>>
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