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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?> DVD
Image version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image> 3/06
source: FrozenTech
Date: <Date and time of the install> Many over the last three weeks.
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)> All home brew.
Two prinary targets. #1 athlon Thoroughbred 1.33G 1GB ram 10ea. IDE
drives.(mostly 40GB). 4HD in MB soft raid-0 loaded with BillyBugs
(w98se). 4HD (each on primary [master] ) controlers (HPT 374 pci card)
and config with raid 5. Currently loaded w/ 2 installs of FC4 and 2
installs of SuSE 10.0 (approx. 15GB/mdx) creating md0 thru md3. Each md
is the root for that sys. A separate 40GB ide is config w/ 100m /boot,
2GB /swap, 20GB /archive and ~16GB /xfer (fat32-lba); all on this
drive are mounted on all sys. (only the fat32 is visible to BillyBugs)
used to pass files among the installed systems. The /boot houses GRUB
and boots all systems.
Plus the usual DVD, floppy and mobile rack drives.
Target #2: P4-3G, HT _ 1GB ram. 2ea. SATA1-80GB on MB raid0
w/BillyBugs. 2ea. 40GB IDE on Syba PCI card ea. on primary (master)
controler config as raid0 md0 thru md3 w/ same lineup of sys as #1.
1ea. IDE 40GB shared w/ same setup as sys #1.
Targets 3 & 4 not yet tackled. (Progress to date seemed daunting.)
.
Processor:\ see above
Memory: /
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
never got that far!
Output of lspci and lspci -n:????
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O ]
Configure network HW: [E ]
Config network: [E ]
Detect CD: [ O]
Load installer modules: [O ]
Detect hard drives: [SORT OF ]
Partition hard drives: [E ]
Create file systems: [ E]
Mount partitions: [ E]
Install base system: [ ]DEAD BERORE HERE
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
I must admit that I am a NuB in the Nux world (3 months); however I
finished my first computer design/build 53 years ago and have been at it
ever since. This is now the stick I shove in my ear to stir with to
prevent cereberal ossification.
In each attempted install (total of 5 I think) using and not using
"linux26" on both target machines resulted in a blue window displaying
the appropriate partitions to craeate the mdx with but refused to allow
me to "mark" the chosen ones with anything but a felt tipped marker. On
target #1 the installer failed to show any partitions on the fourth
drive for the raid5 set and still refused to let me make a three drive
set.on the others. (I brought up FC4 and with parted verified the
partitions).
The FC4 and SuSE 10 installs went fine except for DHCP on SuSE. All
else working fine.
The only comments I dare make in print are )(IU*^%$#!!! :))
If I can assist you by specific actions on these machines and
reporting back to you; I'm willing to try but my command line prowess is
still only a legend in my mind. I'm not to worried about damaging the
current installs, they are primarily for my own amazement and amusement
and education + running folding@home.
H E L P please! I will reciprocate!
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
Thanks (I think),
Bob T.
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