Topic: Fresh install SME 6.01 custom ISO on ML 150, error in sm

[oseano]

Dear SME guru,

I already post this problem on general forum, but nobody respons.

Install SME 6.01 custom ISO, on HP Proliant ML 150, CD ISO can't find SCSI Hardisk, so I use boot disk img from http://www.comnetel.com/boot.img to install SME.

After configuration, try to login to admin console but, always/automatically logout after enter the password. Try from http://server-name/server-manager/ I got : HTTP 500 - Internal server error.

Try to reinstall, setting console auto login, so I can access admin console, but when I access server-manager, I got same message :
HTTP 500 - Internal server error

I got the same error when accessed from console or from web browser in computer client.

From admin_error.log :
Premature end of script headers : /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/html//index.cgi

Try to install on old pentium II, and working fine.

Please help me,

Oseano

[satovey]

Dear SME guru,

I already post this problem on general forum, but nobody respons.

Install SME 6.01 custom ISO, on HP Proliant MD 150, CD ISO can't find SCSI Hardisk, so I use boot disk img from http://www.comnetel.com/boot.img to install SME.

After configuration, try to login to admin console but, always/automatically logout after enter the password. Try from http://server-name/server-manager/ I got : HTTP 500 - Internal server error.

Try to reinstall, setting console auto login, so I can access admin console, but when I access server-manager, I got same message :
HTTP 500 - Internal server error

I got the same error when accessed from console or from web browser in computer client.

From admin_error.log :
Premature end of script headers : /etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/html//index.cgi

at the prompt, issue the command
service httpd-admin retart to
insure that the server-manager is running.
If this fails try the next suggestion.
Oseano

Try to install on old pentium II, and working fine.

Please help me,
Oseano

If the previouse suggestion didn't work,
try tranfering the drive from the pentium II
to the HP Proliant MD 150 machine and see
if it will boot properly and run correctly.
If it will, then use the pentium II machine
to install the server on your hard drive of
choice and transfer the hard drive to the
HP Proliant MD 150. This is a long rout,
however, the install disks have some bugs
that need to be worked out with certain
systems.

I have two home builts with Duron 650 and 700
processors that will not boot using either
the cd or floppy. So I cannot install directly
to the hardrive using these machines.    

Working on a fix. I hope. I am going to
try and upgrade the kernel and see if I can
build a new install disk. I've never gotten
this deep into linux before so Hopefully this
will work for me.

In any case, I hope my suggestions get you somewher.

Scott

[oseano]

Dear satovey,

Thx for the suggestion.
Already try the first suggestion (restart the httpd-admin). The httpd-admin working fine. I check using command : ps -x, I got :
/usr/sbin/httpd-admin -f /etc/httpd/admin-conf/httpd.

I try to edit the
/etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/html//index.cgi
(replace -wT), I can access the http://server/server-manager from client, but can't save the changes i made.

Ok, I'll try to transfering the IDE drive from Pentium II to the HP ML 150.  I can't transfering the SCSI Drive from HP to Pentium II coz it need SCSI Adapter.

I'll post the result here,

Thx,

Oseano

[oseano]

Dear satovey,

Transfering the IDE drive from Pentium II to the HP ML 150, got so many error, kernel panic, ..etc.etc

I'm looking the ISO files from previous SME, find SME 6.0 Beta 3 unsupported released. Burn on CDR, Install, configure..got error message : kernel panic,  but after restart, working fine, except seems too slow, compare to version 5.6 (I use ver 5.6 before on another production server)

I'll download the SME 6.0 final, if this version working fine, you're right that the bug in ver 6.01

Thx for help,

OSeano

[satovey]

Dear satovey,
I try to edit the
/etc/e-smith/web/panels/manager/html//index.cgi
(replace -wT), I can access the http://server/server-manager from client, but can't save the changes i made.
Oseano

I had this problem once, however the only way I could
fix it is with a reinstall.

You may want to recheck the permissions in the
/etc/e-smith/web/ sub directories and all panels.
The should be set to owner root and group root.
If they are, try using changing them to apache or
what ever you have for the webserver.

Double check the /etc/e-smith/templates and
/ect/e-smith/custom-templates permissions as
well.

The only other thing I can think to try is to
uninstall the e-smith-base rpm which contains
the server-manager and install the one from
the 5.6 version. This could realy screw it up
though.  Double check that I mentioned the
correct rpm. I am second guessing myself on that.

That's all the ideas I have, sorry I can't help you
with this prob. I'm stumped.

[oseano]

Hi, satovey

Thx for reply.
For the SME 6.01 Custom ISO, this is the fresh install. If I reinstall the RPM for the server-manager, I think I got the same version.

Back to my problem, SME 6.0 beta 3 was working fine, upgrade to SME 6.0 Final and I don't find any error message during install and configuration.

Maybe you right that there is a bug in SME 6.01, but I don't know which one (rpm) ?

Thx for help me,

Oseano

[rondroid]

Hi satovey,

I also have a homebuilt with Duron 1000. I was getting the same Kernel Panic errors whenever I would try to install SME 6. I also had Kernel Panic errors with other versions of Linux that where using a newer Kernel, 2.4 I think?

I gave up and decided to continue running SME 5.5 cause it runs great. Unfortunately it limits me to using some older scripts for PHP and Perl.

Ron  

[satovey]

Hi satovey,

I also have a homebuilt with Duron 1000. I was getting the same Kernel Panic errors whenever I would try to install SME 6. I also had Kernel Panic errors with other versions of Linux that where using a newer Kernel, 2.4 I think?

I gave up and decided to continue running SME 5.5 cause it runs great. Unfortunately it limits me to using some older scripts for PHP and Perl.

Ron  

I found a workaround. I have a p233 which
I used to install the 6.0.1 on a 2 gig drive
then transferred it to my 650 duron machine.
I then created a reinstallation disk wich didn't
work. Googling around I found the syslinux.com
site. I then donwloaded current 2.10 version of
syslinux and installed it on my win98 machine. I
then inserted the reinstall disk and ran the
"syslinux a:" command. The system would then boot
from the reinstalation disk and I could
install the system using this method.
I checked the boot disk that you create while
installing the system, and it will not boot
the system unless I run the "syslinux a:"
command on it using my win98 machine.

So if your realy wanting to install the 6.0.1
release this is the way to get it done.

I think I am going to backgrade to the 6.0
version. In November when I 10 gig drive died
being a few years old I installed 6.0.1
onto a 20 gig which was also a few years
old. That drive died on the July 7.
Today, just now, the 160 gig drive I
purchased to replace it died. The bios
wont even recoginize it. That realy sucks.

So I'm not sure if all of this drive crashing
is from a bug in the 6.0.1 version or not.
So I think this time I'll install the 3.0
final to see what goes on. If it happens
again, I'm dropping back to 5.6 as I had
that running for about a year with no probs.

So you might want to re-think the 6.0.1 release.
There however, isn't to many complaints with it,
mostly due to backup issues, and I'm not sure that
6.0 is any less problematic in that area.

My main reason for going to the 6.0 was to
move the primary ibay to the ibays folder.
However, that can be done by simply moving
it there and creating a symlink to it from
it's original location. That's all that was
done to achieve this. And this process should
be done prior to running the upgrade from 5.6
to 6.0, as the difference causes and error
when doing the install.

Hope my suggestions help.

S

[satovey]

Hi satovey,

I also have a homebuilt with Duron 1000. I was getting the same Kernel Panic errors whenever I would try to install SME 6. I also had Kernel Panic errors with other versions of Linux that where using a newer Kernel, 2.4 I think?

I gave up and decided to continue running SME 5.5 cause it runs great. Unfortunately it limits me to using some older scripts for PHP and Perl.

Ron  

I forgot to mention something that is critical
when doing a reinstall with sme6.0.1.
If there are any drives connected to the
machine besides the drive you are installing
to, the instalations will clear the partitions
of those hardrives and delete all data from them.
So if you use the reinstalation method, be
suer to disconnect all hard disks except the
one that you are installing to. This is very bad
for any program to do regardless of the reason.

I warned you. take care

S

[satovey]

It's amazing what you find when your
not looking for it. I was on the
PcChips website looking for a bios
upgrade and this is what I found:)

I tried it and the sucker booted from
the cd. You might what to try it and
see if this is the same issue with
your system.

44. Why does it crash when I try to install Red Hat Linux?
Many people have tried to install Red Hat Linux 7.2 and found that the installer crashes with a kernel panic. This can be resolved by disabling ACPI/APM in the BIOS prior to installing Red Hat. This can be re-enabled after installation if required. Also, ensure that the CD drive that you are installing from is jumpered to either "master" or "slave", and not "cable select".

Some people who find that Red Hat gets confused when using the onboard VGA (shared memory). The fix is to use the following command "boot: linux mem=64m" when booting from the first CD.

When installing XFree86, it may pay for you to use the command "Xconfigurator --noddcprobe" to prevent crashing. Some people find the alternative VGA driver from http://www.webit.at/~twinny/linuxsis630.shtml better than the default.

I personally have had no such problems with crashes or with X when installing Linux on my machine. This is probably due to the fact that I use Debian GNU/Linux!

[oseano]

Dear All,

I got a new HP Proliant ML 150 (Sorry for previous posting, I said MD 150, should be ML 150).

Try the several method to install SME 6.01 Contribs, but after Install finished, I got server-manager error.

Then Install the SME 6.0, after that upgrade using SME 6.01 and problem solved.
For SME 6.0 HP Proliant ML 150 also can't boot direct from CD, so I use the Boot image from http://www.comnetel.com/boot.img

Thx for all suggestion, especially from Satovey,

Oseano

[rondroid]

Many people have tried to install Red Hat Linux 7.2 and found that the installer crashes with a kernel panic. This can be resolved by disabling ACPI/APM in the BIOS prior to installing Red Hat. This can be re-enabled after installation if required. Also, ensure that the CD drive that you are installing from is jumpered to either "master" or "slave", and not "cable select".

Thanks satovey  
Disabling ACPI in BIOS did it. Installed version 6.0.1-01 without a hitch.

Thanks to all for your help  

[satovey]

Your welcome.