Re: [CentOS] problem installing centos 5.3 on IBM x3200 m2

2009-10-07 Thread Max Hetrick
Janez Kosmrlj wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to install centos 5.3 on ibm x3200 m2 server. The problem > appears when the installer is about to finish the installation. It > detects the RAID correctly, but it doesn't finish formatting the root > partition. I tried the default partition layout and al

Re: [CentOS] problem installing centos 5.3 on IBM x3200 m2

2009-10-07 Thread Janez Kosmrlj
Update! I tried to install Fedora 10 and Fedora 11 on this box and they both installed without problems. BR On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to install centos 5.3 on ibm x3200 m2 server. The problem > appears when the installer is about to finish the insta

[CentOS] problem installing centos 5.3 on IBM x3200 m2

2009-10-05 Thread Janez Kosmrlj
Hi, I am trying to install centos 5.3 on ibm x3200 m2 server. The problem appears when the installer is about to finish the installation. It detects the RAID correctly, but it doesn't finish formatting the root partition. I tried the default partition layout and also a custom one, but it always end

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-28 Thread Buz Davis
> > Eric Clark wrote: > have you tried getting KDE to run? > Eric, Thanks, that's a good suggestion to try KDE - so far I haven't figured out how to install it short of a complete reinstall. If I run yom I get a message to the effect that a database is malformed. It downs't say if the data

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-28 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
On Monday 28 September 2009 00:30, Eric Clark wrote: > Boot to linux, and type memtest86  let it run for about 10 or 20 > minutes with the ram that you have installed > > Typically anything over 6 errors on a 512 stick will bring mayhem to > an OS, Any errors at all when running memtest86 is un

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-27 Thread Eric Clark
You may want to do a memtest with your computer Boot to linux, and type memtest86 let it run for about 10 or 20 minutes with the ram that you have installed Typically anything over 6 errors on a 512 stick will bring mayhem to an OS, I am using a Failing ram stick on mine, becuase It is a dev ma

[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-27 Thread Buz Davis
First, let me apologize to Akemi Yagi for my delay in answering his last query. After failing with 4.8 I realized that I had at least one and possibly two computers capable of handling 5.3 (one was newly purchased second-hand and had many unknowns about it. The other was well documented bu

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-17 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Buz Davis wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2009  Akemi Yagi wrote >> You need the i586 kernel for the AMD K6 machines. Bad news is CentOS 5 >> does not support it.  Good news is CentOS 4 supports it. >> >> Visit http://i586.centos.org/centos/4/ and you will find what is >

[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-16 Thread Buz Davis
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 Akemi Yagi wrote > You need the i586 kernel for the AMD K6 machines. Bad news is CentOS 5 > does not support it. Good news is CentOS 4 supports it. > > Visit http://i586.centos.org/centos/4/ and you will find what is > required to boot your system. Once booted, type 'linux

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-14 Thread Jim Perrin
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > You need the i586 kernel for the AMD K6 machines. Bad news is CentOS 5 > does not support it.  Good news is CentOS 4 supports it. > > Visit http://i586.centos.org/centos/4/ and you will find what is > required to boot your system.  Once booted,

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-14 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Buz Davis wrote: > > I have a small fixed ip network at home, running red hat 9 on two > amd k6 500 Mhz boxes.  One has 256 M memory and the other 320 M.  They > pretty much meet my needs, but lately I have detected that the internet > sites > I frequent are requir

[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-14 Thread Buz Davis
I have a small fixed ip network at home, running red hat 9 on two amd k6 500 Mhz boxes. One has 256 M memory and the other 320 M. They pretty much meet my needs, but lately I have detected that the internet sites I frequent are requiring some more modern software than I can run. I attempted