[opensuse] need some help with a dodgy server
Hi there, I've got a server - p4 3ghz, supermicro 5014c mobo, 2x512 pc3500, 2x160GB sata hdd, 16x dvdr etc. Anyway it was previously running suse9.2 fine. Gone through some changes but i tried to upgrade it to 10.0 and it had some issues where the installer was saying it was missing packages. I had previously used the same installation media on another machine and it worked fine. So i thought id do a clean install on it... same problem. Did the check media thing during installation and it said it failed md5 checksum. I tried the disk on another machine and it installed fine. I've reset the bios to factory defaults, checked the hard drives by plugging them into another machine (OS installed fine onto them), i've switched out the dvd drive to a different one, done a memory test. Still getting the same problem. Tried 10.2 and get the same missing packages error on install and md5 checksum fail. Tried CentOS and it has an error installing packages. I tried windows XP (yeahyeah) and it looped during the install, asked me for registration key and computer name, installed, then asked for reg key and computer name again, installed then booted properly. But it only found one of the 2 hard drives. Can anyone offer any assistance? The hardware is out of warranty now. regards ~Evan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Evan, So to see you have hardware problem. Your description would suggest that your DVD-rom(hardware) is filty, try with cleaning lenses. If this is not case than erase MBR on your primery HDD. Regards, Zoran On Monday 02 April 2007 17:37, Evan Ingram Schreef:
Hi there,
I've got a server - p4 3ghz, supermicro 5014c mobo, 2x512 pc3500, 2x160GB sata hdd, 16x dvdr etc.
Anyway it was previously running suse9.2 fine. Gone through some changes but i tried to upgrade it to 10.0 and it had some issues where the installer was saying it was missing packages. I had previously used the same installation media on another machine and it worked fine. So i thought id do a clean install on it... same problem. Did the check media thing during installation and it said it failed md5 checksum. I tried the disk on another machine and it installed fine.
I've reset the bios to factory defaults, checked the hard drives by plugging them into another machine (OS installed fine onto them), i've switched out the dvd drive to a different one, done a memory test. Still getting the same problem.
Tried 10.2 and get the same missing packages error on install and md5 checksum fail. Tried CentOS and it has an error installing packages. I tried windows XP (yeahyeah) and it looped during the install, asked me for registration key and computer name, installed, then asked for reg key and computer name again, installed then booted properly. But it only found one of the 2 hard drives.
Can anyone offer any assistance? The hardware is out of warranty now.
regards ~Evan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 02 April 2007 17:03:46 zoran wrote:
Hi Evan,
So to see you have hardware problem. Your description would suggest that your DVD-rom(hardware) is filty, try with cleaning lenses. If this is not case than erase MBR on your primery HDD.
Regards, Zoran
On Monday 02 April 2007 17:37, Evan Ingram Schreef:
Hi there,
I've got a server - p4 3ghz, supermicro 5014c mobo, 2x512 pc3500, 2x160GB sata hdd, 16x dvdr etc.
Anyway it was previously running suse9.2 fine. Gone through some changes but i tried to upgrade it to 10.0 and it had some issues where the installer was saying it was missing packages. I had previously used the same installation media on another machine and it worked fine. So i thought id do a clean install on it... same problem. Did the check media thing during installation and it said it failed md5 checksum. I tried the disk on another machine and it installed fine.
Probably a poorly CDROM drive, if you can't swap this out do an FTP/network install. If you do this I'd suggest you use the current 10.2 version (any specific reason you want 10.0?) as most of the online mirrors for 10.0 have disappeared. Matthew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 02 April 2007 13:05, Evan Ingram wrote:
Matthew Stringer wrote:
Probably a poorly CDROM drive, if you can't swap this out do an FTP/network install.
Swapped dvd drive already, see original post.
~Evan
OK. DVD works fine on the other machine. Look for something that degrades quality of transfer, connection cable or power line to the drive. Replace the cable for DVD drive, it can be the broken wire, it breaks sometimes at connector, or it could be some loose pin in connectors, broken or bad soldered pin on motherboard. Use another power connector, usually there are some spare hanging in the box. And check voltage, anyway. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Evan Ingram wrote:
Hi there,
I've got a server - p4 3ghz, supermicro 5014c mobo, 2x512 pc3500, 2x160GB sata hdd, 16x dvdr etc.
Anyway it was previously running suse9.2 fine. Gone through some changes but i tried to upgrade it to 10.0 and it had some issues where the installer was saying it was missing packages. I had previously used the same installation media on another machine and it worked fine. So i thought id do a clean install on it... same problem. Did the check media thing during installation and it said it failed md5 checksum. I tried the disk on another machine and it installed fine.
I've reset the bios to factory defaults, checked the hard drives by plugging them into another machine (OS installed fine onto them), i've switched out the dvd drive to a different one, done a memory test. Still getting the same problem.
Tried 10.2 and get the same missing packages error on install and md5 checksum fail. Tried CentOS and it has an error installing packages. I tried windows XP (yeahyeah) and it looped during the install, asked me for registration key and computer name, installed, then asked for reg key and computer name again, installed then booted properly. But it only found one of the 2 hard drives.
Can anyone offer any assistance? The hardware is out of warranty now.
regards ~Evan if all else fails with ftp/nfs installation, I would try to copy the dvd contents to your harddrive and install from there. Maybe you can add another harddrive temporarily, just for install. Then boot with ex. Knoppix and move the dvd contents there via the network. Then just boot into the suse install and use "install from local hardisk" or similar.
regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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