mark <> scribbled on Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:37 AM: > So, at work today, I realized I had to rebuild this server - it was on > RHEL 3, and it really needed 4 (corporate hasn't looked at 5 yet). > > It's a Dell PowerEdge 850 - a blade. I, foolishly, put in the RHEL CDs > that came with all these systems.... and the RH install program can't > find the CD it booted from. After much irritation, I find a Dell package > of CDs that you are apparently supposed to boot from; it's even got an > install for RHEL 4. Great. > > AND SOME COMPLETE JACKASS AT DELL - what was this, release 8.9, and all > by kids for whom this was their first job out of school? - FORCE YOU TO > FORMAT ALL PARTITIONS. No options. No letting the RH install Disk Druid > do it. > > So everything I had aside on /opt is toast, and that'll be hours more > work. > > No, I can't recommend this crap. Sorry to rain on your parade, but this way of restoring an os-install on a brand-name server (on clients as well) is rather common. I'm surprised you didn't know about this. On the bright side; you only tend to do this once... Same thing with windows if you use the restore-cd:s. It's all in the name of simplicity and all, which I guess is a good thing. But at least on a server one would presumably want some more options before the automatic thingie wipes it all... -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
