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Title: SME 9 Install fails
Post by: dave simmons on July 12, 2017, 07:44:21 PM

Trying to install SME 9 into a VM on vmware ESXi 6.5

Install seems to stall at "creating ext4 filesystem on /dev/md0"

Have left if for a few hours but it doesn't go any further.  Have tried various raid/no raid options (the server already has hardware raid) with the same results.

I've previously installed SME 8 on vmware without any problem.

Any suggestions?

Title: Re: SME 9 Install fails
Post by: Stefano on July 12, 2017, 08:42:57 PM

Usibg Alt+FX (x=2 3 4 5) you can access some shells with logs.. Take a look there
BTW, how big are the disk?
Moreover, I suggest you to use a single disk

Title: Re: SME 9 Install fails
Post by: dave simmons on July 13, 2017, 11:22:46 AM

Thanks for the reply!  I don't seem to get any response when I try the Alt+F keys.  I've now tried pretty much every option, and tried both 32 & 64-bit ISO's.

It always seems to fail when it comes to creating/formatting the ext4 filesystem - sometimes on md0, sometimes on sda3 (I guess this is defined by my choice of raid/no raid).

This is the first time I've tried installing on VMWare 6 - previous installs were on VMware 3 & 4.  Will try to see if I can install an older VMware on a machine to test.

ETA - I have tried disk sizes of 40 & 60GB

Title: Re: SME 9 Install fails
Post by: Stefano on July 13, 2017, 11:38:27 AM

I had no issue at all installing SME9 in ESXi5.5

if you can/care, try to setup last centos6 and see if it works..

please take a look here too: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/GOSIG/CentOS_6.html

Title: Re: SME 9 Install fails
Post by: dave simmons on July 13, 2017, 12:38:27 PM

Thanks!  I chose ESXi5.5 compatibility in the VM setup and it worked first time!