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> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karl S. Katzke
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:57 PM
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: X330 Keyboard/box dies on install 4.0, not on 3.4
>
> I've got a handful of IBM X330's at my colo and another couple at the
> office for testing purposes. Currently, they're running
> CentOS 3.4 and
> are very happy doing so. The 3.4 install was perfectly seamless.
>
> When I tried to upgrade one of my test machines to 4.0, the keyboard
> died once I got into the install every single time once I boot to
> anaconda from the CD. It dies as soon as the blue-background screen
> appears, and it dies no matter which selection I choose at isolinux.
> (I'm sure the system isn't locked because the keyboard is
> dead while the
> SCSI driver is loading, and the system keeps chugging along happily
> until it needs input.)
> The CD passes all of the tests I can apply to it, from
> checksum to media
> check, and has been used to install a half dozen machines
> both before or
> since. I also downloaded a new ISO from a different mirror
> and reburnt
> another one; it's most certainly the install package. The box itself
> runs 3.4 quite happily. Note that x330s use IBM's cable-chaining
> technology, which is great if you've got a tiny colo rack
> with a lot of
> servers in it like I do, since I don't have to have a KVM.
>
> So what changed in the install process? How can I get this
> resolved well
> enough to be able to use the CentOS 4 CDs? both the 3.4 and
> 4.0 install
> I realize that I could reaim my repository and upgrade to 4
> via yum, but
> that's a pain if I'm having to bring a whole box back up from
> scratch...
> not to mention a nice hit to my bandwidth bill at my colo.
>
> Suggestions? Ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Karl Katzke
Karl,
I am not sure that it is the x330. We also have half a dozen
x330s and although I don't have centos 4 on all of them I am confident
that we have successfully installed centos 4 at least three times on
this server. We are also using the dvi like breakout cable, and it
attaches to an HP cat5 kvm.
Graham
