> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Johnston
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:49 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: RE: X330 Keyboard/box dies on install 4.0,
> not on 3.4
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
>
Karl,
Sorry I lied, I have installed centos 4 on x335s not x330s.
Graham
