Subject: Re: Finally, success (WAS Re: Mandrake install troubles with DAC960 RAID controller...)
From: civileme (civileme@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 09:02:12 AKST
On Monday 07 January 2002 09:32 pm, Joshua J.Kugler wrote:
> civileme, et al -
>
> This update is late, the server was up and running last Thursday night
> (1/3).
>
> So, I was finally able to get through the install by using the second disk,
> which booted with a 2.2.x kernel. This kernel was able to correctly
> initialize the DAC960. During the install, I was able to select the 2.4.x
> kernel, and it didn't complain, and set up lilo correctly. I rebooted,
> compiled 2.4.17, and away we went. Thanks for the tips!
>
> Now, for the complaints, suggestions. :)
>
> I realize strcmp("install", "upgrade") != 0, but it would be nice if the
> install routine would look for existing configuration info. I was
> prepared, so I had written down pertinant info, but it would be nice if
> install looked for an existing /etc, and gleaned partition information, IP
> addresses, DNS servers, etc. It would make the install go that much more
> smoothly.
>
> I noticed during package selection that aspell would not install without
> the GB (Great Britain) dictionaries (depended on them), even if US
> dictionaries were selected. Why?
>
> What is the difference between bash and bash1? The importance on bash1
> says "maybe." Why two? It just seems a bit confusing to users, as there is
> nothing in the description to differentiate them.
>
> kdeutils depends on efax? Really? Why can't I install kdeutils without
> installing efax? This is a server, after all.
>
> There still needs to be some tweaking done on the startup configuration in
> the install program. I'm sorry, I didn't write everything down, but I know
> there were several services I selected to start at boot that didn't get
> included in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/. I had to symlink them manually.
>
> Another problem: Today, I discovered my server was not responding at all.
> No ping, no ssh, nothing. Went to the server closet and was going to
> login, but there was nothing on the console. Keyboard wouldn't respond.
> Num lock wouldn't toggle, etc. Ctrl-Alt-Del wouldn't work. Had to hit
> reset on the box (not something I like to do on a Linux box, much less a
> server). When it came up, I looked through all the logs, and nothing
> looked amiss (other than no entries after 12:40AM today). Does this ring a
> bell, or do I need to start trouble shooting on my own? After bringing the
> server back up, fsck'ing the partitions, and restarting everything, it was
> fine. We'll see if it happens again.
>
> Thanks again for all your help. It is much appreciated.
>
> j----- k-----
Just a wild guess, is ACPI enabled in the BIOS?
For a server, the best power management is -none-
Civileme
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