--- Eric Wagar <eric(a)deadhookers.org> wrote:
Issac Newton wrote:
>--- Eric Wagar <eric(a)deadhookers.org> wrote:
>
>
>>I attempted to upgrade my RH9 (2.4.20-37.9) system to FC3 (2.6.9 I
>>believe is the release on the CDs).
>>
>>I was able to get into Anaconda (by adding the I2O Block driver at
>>the
>>"add Driver" screen) and to the section where I chose either a
Fresh
>>install or an upgrade.
>>
>>The first time I reached that point, the upgrade portion specified
>>the
>>hdb (sdb) drive, which is my "backup" drive. The drive I need to
>>upgrade is hda (sda). I then power cycled the system and removed
the
>>sdb drive to make sure nothing on that drive is touched.
>>
>>I reached the same Fresh or Upgrade point, and this time the hda
>>(/dev/i2o/hda8) drive showed properly. I chose upgrade, and this
>>error
>>appears:
>>Error mounting device sda8 as /: No such file or directory
>>This most likely means this partition has not been formatted.
>>Press OK to reboot your system.
>>The only action at this point is to push the "OK" button for the
>>reboot.
>> I select "OK" and reboot to get back to the Fresh or Upgrade
point,
>>and
>>chose Fresh this time. I did verify that the partitions shown are
>>hda{1-8}, with all sizes correct but no mount points specified.
>>
>>I did not go any further.
>>
>>The system has a 2010S ZCR Adaptec card with 2x36G RAID1 config,
and
>>a
>>36G standalone drive (so three cards). It is a SuperMicro 6023P-8R
>>with
>>2x2.4G Xeon and 1G RAM.
>>
>>Since FC3 disk has 2.6.9, I didn't put the i2o_block into the CD's
>>because the i2o webpage shows that it is already in the 2.6.8. (I
do
>>see that some people have posted on the i2o website that they have
>>had
>>successful installs.)
>>
>>Currently the system is up with RH9 still on it. I'd like to get
>>FC3+
>>installed, but I can't seem to figure out what piece I am missing.
>>
>>Any one give me some pointers? Are there any alternatives to
getting
>>FC3+ installed? Unfortunately, don't look for immediate trial, as
>>this
>>system is the only one I have. I don't have a test system with the
>>same
>>config. Why?!, that'd be too easy! :)
>>
>>Thanks
>>eric
>>
>>
>>
>Are you able to get other Anaconda loads to recognize, and work with
>the partitions? Also, check to make sure the drive is working
correctly
>without errors and is hooked up to the motherboard correctly (forgot
>specifics) so that the computer will not reroute to the wrong port.
>Anything else, I don't have the necessary expeirence.
>
The regular running OS, RH9 2.4.20-37.9, runs fine with no errors
anywhere. I went through the RAID setup and located all three
drives.
They're where they're suppsoed to be. :) No errors in BIOS during
bootup either.
**~~~~**
This is out of my minor league ballpark, I will ask some smarter
friends tomorrow.
DONT KILL THE NEWBIE(me)
-Ice
**~~~~**
eric
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