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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: ngomes on February 17, 2006, 09:30:51 PM
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Hi,
This is my first experience with SME 7 (pre3).
# First my hardware specs:
- Asus Vintage PH1 (http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=505&l1=1&l2=1&l3=0)
- 1 x Samsung HDD SV0844D ATA/66 8.4GB
- 1 x Sony DVD Recorder DRU-810A
- 1 x NIC Edimax WOL 10/100 (RTL 8139D)
- 1 x Celeron D 330J (2.66 GHz, 533 FSB, LGA775)
- Onboard IDE Operate Mode = Enhanced Mode
- Enhanced Mode Support On = SATA Mode
(Note: after installing I will try to add an extra SATA hdd).
# My problem:
I am trying a CD install but the installation hangs totally on "Formatting /boot file system..." at 92%.
Any suggestions? Someone help me?
Thanks in advanced,
Nuno
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1st Try to change your HDD (being 8 GB is a OLD one!)
Later try to watch what happens in other screens (CTRL+ALT+F2~5) to see any error messages. An HDD error will show in one of them.
Good luck.
Jáder
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Hi Jader,
1st Try to change your HDD (being 8 GB is a OLD one!)
Yes it is. But I think this is enough to run a SME 7 base install. The data will be located on another hdd disk (120GB).
Later try to watch what happens in other screens (CTRL+ALT+F2~5) to see any error messages. An HDD error will show in one of them.
Nothing happens on the other console screens. It totally hangs the barebone. :(
Nuno[/quote]
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As a side note I managed to install SME 6.0.1 sucessfully today on this machine (apart from the extra SATA hdd).
So this hardware is all ok.
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Hi Gomes
Try to disable EVERYTHING on BIOS you really do not need.
I´ll start with:
ACPI (maybe change it to APM)
USB ports (disable them)
Once I have problems to install 5.6 in a ASUS mobo because of those items.
Good luck
Jáder
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Hi Jader and all,
Try to disable EVERYTHING on BIOS you really do not need.
I´ll start with:
ACPI (maybe change it to APM)
Tried this with no luck. :(
USB ports (disable them)
I can't see what the USB ports can do with base SME 7 base install but I will try this anyway...
Anyway, I found 2 related bugs on bugzilla:
- Formatting takes 10 minutes (http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165)
- Installation hangs (Sony CDU-611F) (http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739)
Both are marked with a RESOLVED status and a WONTFIX resolution. I am studying them. Are there anyone with the same problems?
Regards,
Nuno[/quote]
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A newbie question about SME 7 (sorry):
Is it mandatory to have 2 hdd's to install SME7 (aka: to build a software raid1)?
Nuno
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Hi all,
From the SME 7 Features (http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/SME%207%20Features) wiki page:
Hard Disk improvements
* Automated installation as RAID
* 1 disk: One-way RAID1 mirror
* 2 disks: Two-way RAID1 mirror
* 3-5 disks: RAID5
* 6+ disks: RAID6
What is a One-way RAID1 mirror (1 disk only)?
Nuno
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Nuno,
With a single disk it installs as single disk raid i.e your 8.4GB H/D is in reality only a 4.2GB disk.
Have you tried running a disk scan on the HD. You may find that you have bad sectors towards the end of the drive.
Jon
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With a single disk it installs as single disk raid i.e your 8.4GB H/D is in reality only a 4.2GB disk.
No, with one disk it installs as a broken raid setup using the whole 8.4GB. It is ready to accept an identical 8.4GB drive that you could add later.
On the main subject, if you have a SATA hard drive, I'm guessing 80+GB, you should use that as the main drive, not an 8.4GB drive.
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Greg,
Has this changed from pre1 because when I installed pre1 on a single disk
#df
only reported half the physical size of the disk. This was also confirmed by a colleague who had installed pre1 on a single disk.
I will confirm this tomorrow, as I still have that server set up.
Jon
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My apologies, it was my stuff up. I thought I had used a 36.7 SCSI drive in the test server but I had grabbed an 18.2 instead. No wonder it only read half of what I expected it too. :oops:
There needs to be a foot in mouth emoticon.
Jon
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Have you tried running a disk scan on the HD. You may find that you have bad sectors towards the end of the drive.
No, I haven't any bad sectors => tested with badblocks and returned nothing.
Anyway the 8GB disk is my testing one. When I sell a new hardware and have the time I usually test some linux distros (basically SME Server and IPCop) on this disk. Before SME7pre3 I tested SME6.0.1 with this barebone and disk and all went smoothly.
Because this machine will be my new "all-in-one" server here is my final hardware configuration concerning disks and optical devices:
- 1 x HDD ATA/100 40GB
- 1 x DVD Recorder
- 3 x HDD SATA 120GB for office data built as a software RAID5.
I will test tomorrow SME7pre3 booting from a normal CD-ROM and installing on the final 40GB ATA disk and will report back.
Regards,
Nuno
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I will test tomorrow SME7pre3 booting from a normal CD-ROM and installing on the final 40GB ATA disk and will report back.
Just to report that SME7 was sucessfully installed onto a SEAGATE ATA/100 40GB using a SAMSUNG CD-ROM.
Seems to me that SONY recorders break SME7 installations.
Nuno