On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 12:09, William C. Shortell wrote:
> Hello Eric,
>
> We talked about a month ago. I had some problems installing to a SCSI
> based system from the forRH-9.0-SGI-XFS-1.3.0-v1.iso ISO image. The
> solution was to rebuild the initrd image using mkinitrd --with=xfs.
>
> Just last week, I tried to install on an IDE based system. I was
> unable to install from the forRH-9.0-SGI-XFS-1.3.0-v1.iso ISO image. I
> was able to upgrade after installing from the RedHat 9.0 CDs. Below are
> the steps I followed:
>
> 1) Failed to install from SGI-XFS CD.
>
> Inserted an ISO CD burned from the
> forRH-9.0-SGI-XFS-1.3.0-v1.iso ISO
> I downloaded months ago. I ran the CD verification option which passed
> fine (it stated that it was disk 4). I had also verified that the linux
> rescue option booted and worked correctly prior to this.
>
> When the actual install began, it asked for the first CD. When
> I
> inserted the RedHat9.0 install CD1, the install complained that it
> wasn't an SGI-XFS CD. I was unable to continue with the install.
Russell changed up the cd request bits a little, I'd try inserting all
of your cds and see if it likes any of those better. Also, red hat has
been known to have slightly different ISOs out there with different
identifiers, perhaps that was the problem.
> 2) Installed from RedHat 9.0, then rpm'd the kernel from SGI-XFS CD.
>
> I did a complete install from the RedHat CDs. Then I
> installed the
> rpms from the SGI-XFS CD and converted the file systems. I ran into the
> same problem as the prior install in that the initrd did not contain the
> XFS module. I booted into linux rescue mode from the SGI-XFS CD and ran
> the mkinitrd command (without the --with=xfs option). The machine then
> booted.
>
> My questions are as follows:
>
> a) Did I do something wrong on the install from the SGI-XFS CD? Are
> there more CD iso's than just the forRH-9.0-SGI-XFS-1.3.0-v1.iso?
That's the only one we ship, but you need the original RH cds as well.
> b) Will there be an install iso for XFS-1.3.1?
It's not very high on the priority list; i.e. probably not, unless there
is some community effort to get it done.
-Eric
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