[ale] RedHat Installation

[Drew Moseley]

Robert Hoffman wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> I had the exact thing happen to me twice today on two different boxes
> using the graphic install. One box was a Compaq and one was a Micron;
> neither had scsi. I switched over to the text install (which is what I
> usually use) and the problem went away. This really perplexes me since
> I've used the graphic install without problems before. If the text
> install doesn't work for you, try the new install disk available from
> RedHat's site.
> 
> If anyone knows what causes this, please let me know. In both cases I
> was installing minimal services (just networked workstation, network
> management workstation, development, & utilities.) I even checked the
> BIOS for annoying settings but found none.
> 
> -Rob Hoffman
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Jeffery Tillotson" <jeffx at jeffx.com>
> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:24:32 -0400
> 
> > Greetings,
> > Trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a Compaq Proliant 800 server wit ha
> > 9gig SCSI hard drive and 2 18gig SCSI hard drives in a RAID0 configuration.
> > I can partition the drives fine and all the packages install okay but
> > in the end it hangs during
> >        "Performing Post Install Configuration"
> >
> > I thought it might have something to do with the master boot record but
> > it doesn't.  I cleaned the MBR and still nothing.  I also replaced the
> > harddrive and still nothing.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing the hang up?  This exact
> > system had LINUX running on it before with no problems and I have several
> > other Prolaint 800 runnings LINUX just fine.  Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Jeff
> >

I saw something similar when there were two network cards in the
system.  I removed one of them and the install worked correctly.  After
the install, I added the second one back, and kudzu installed the driver
for me no problem.

Drew
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