Re: Issues installing x86_64 5.1 on Ultra 40

[Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson@xxxxxxxx>]

So it initially appeared that manually setting up the partitions and
LVM seemed to resolve the problem.  However, at the time we had swapped
out to a different (smaller) hard disk.

When we returned to the original 250GB Sun provided disk, even manually
configuring the partitions, LVM and running mkfs.ext3 caused the port
to "shut off" and we could not complete the installation.

On a whim, we went into BIOS and disabled LBA for the drive.  Lo and
behold everyhing worked perfectly during the installation -- fully
automated from anaconda.

However -- the system wouldn't boot after the install completed
successfully.

To resolve this we had to go into BIOS and re-add the hard disk to the
list of bootable devices (weird that it had been removed) and then
RE-enable LBA (it will not boot with LBA disabled, doesn't find the
boot loader at all).

Now the system boots.

So the trick appears to be:

  1. Disable LBA
  2. Install
  3. Re-enable LBA
  4. Ensure drive is in boot device list

Ray
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