Feature Requests item #1121816, was opened at 2005-02-13 07:39 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by dnl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=359368&aid=1121816&group_id=9368
Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Duane Berry (dmberry) Assigned to: David N. Lombard (dnl) Summary: Net install "no floppy" option Initial Comment: I'm installing on blades that do not have floppies or cdroms. The screen says "Probing BIOS drives. This may take a while." and it isn't kidding! It spends about eight minutes looking for drives that aren't there. What now takes 20 minutes could take only 12 minutes if we had the option of telling OSCAR not to bother with anything except the hard drive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: David N. Lombard (dnl) Date: 2005-02-24 07:28 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=27334 Hmmm "Probing BIOS drives" -- I look all through the SI initrd and autoinstall script, and an RHEL3 dmesg dump of kernel boot message, and can't find this string. I'll make a test run, but is this possibly coming from the SI client kernel? If this is the case, then a specialized kernel will be needed, e.g., without the miscreant drivers, unless there's some kernel command-line parameter to suppress this probe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Duane Berry (dmberry) Date: 2005-02-23 18:09 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=393162 It's a Compaq Proliant blade server and you're correct- they don't have controllers. I have to use a dongle that gives me access to the USB port. The crazy thing is I can reorder the boot list but can't remove anything (like floppies) from it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: David N. Lombard (dnl) Date: 2005-02-14 08:00 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=27334 FWIW, I regularly test on vmware, with floppies and CDs all disconnected---equivalent to the devices being removed. However, I suspect your blade doesn't even have the controllers, and the kernel's getting bolluxed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=359368&aid=1121816&group_id=9368 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
