RHEL 4 and HP dx5150

[Mauro Gasparri]

redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com wrote on 26/04/2006 19:30:51:

> On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 18:23 -0300, Mauro Gasparri wrote:
> > 
> > Same problem without using LVM, grrrrrrrrrr. But no "error reading",
> > obviously. 
> 
> But where did it die without LVM?  What did the F3 console say?
> 

It died in the same place. The console does not give a lot of relevant 
info. Obviously, I've tried my set of CD's on other computer and worked 
perfectly.

> > 
> > I feel lost. 
> 
> Hmmmm.  This is weird.  It sure looks like an incompatiblity with
> a previous LVM installation.
> 
> Oh, and Mauro, we prefer bottom posting on this list (post your
> responses AFTER what you're responding to).  This is the opposite of
> what Outlook does.  Think of this:
> 
> Outlook format:
> I answer: Because it reads more logically.
> You ask: Why use bottom posting?
> 
> Bottom posted format (our preferred way):
> You ask: Why use bottom posting?
> I answer: Because it reads more logically.
> 
> See?
> 

My mistake!

> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 17:53 -0300, Mauro Gasparri wrote:
> > > 
> > > No luck with "linux noapic". Also no update for BIOS. It's courious,
> > > but both on HP and Red Hat web sites, it says that RHEL 4 is
> > certified
> > > for HP dx5150. 
> > > 
> > > Tryed disabling APIC from BIOS also. 
> > > 
> > > When I go to install log (via Ctrl+Alt+3), y see: 
> > > 
> > > formatting / as ext3 
> > > formatting /boot as ext3 
> > > error reading swap label on /dev/VolGroup00: [Errno 21] Is a
> > > directory 
> > > error reading xfs label on /dev/VolGroup00: [Errno 21] Is a
> > directory 
> > > error reading jfs label on /dev/VolGroup00: [Errno 21] Is a
> > directory 
> > 
> > Oh, you're using LVM.  It looks suspiciously like a disk configuration
> > issue here with the LVM volume groups.  The system is trying to locate
> > the disk labels on VolGroup00 and isn't finding them.  Therefore it
> > can't format the new filesystems since it doesn't know where they are.
> > 
> > > Tryed with another hard disk, with no success. 
> > 
> > Can you try it WITHOUT using LVM just as a test and see how that goes?
> 
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