Help: Linux Installation on PowerEdge T605

[Andreas_Fuchs at Dell.com]

Run a memory test on the T605, strange errors like this often are caused
by faulty memory.

 

From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Mohan
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:11 PM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Help: Linux Installation on PowerEdge T605

 

Hello All!

Trying to install opensuse 11.1 on Dell PowerEdge T605, but installation
fails with the following error: 

Buffer I/O error on /dev/sr0, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on /dev/sr0, logical block 1
Buffer I/O error on /dev/sr0, logical block 2
Buffer I/O error on /dev/sr0, logical block 3
.
.
.
printk: 6 messages suppressed
end_request: I/O error ...
ISOFS: unable to read i-node block

I have burned different DVD's in both Linux(k3b) and Windows(XP/Vista)
and nothing has worked so far. Though I have succeeded in installing
with the same disk in my laptop! So, am very certain it has nothing to
do with disk errors (bad md5sum, scratch, etc)

Distros tried so far: CentOS 5.2,
                             Debian Etch 4.0rc6-amd,
                             SLES 10.2 SP2,
                             Debian Etchnhalf,
                             Slackware 12.2,
                             openSuSE 10.2,
                             Fedora 9 and 10

Incidentally all the distros with kernel 2.6.27.xx fail spitting the
same error (including Slack!) though Fedora 9 and openSuSE 10.2 too
spits out the same. :-(

Few other kernel parameters that I have tried: doscsi, noacpi, acpi=off,
insmod=ide-generic

I have also checked all the modules checked. It seems ok to me. CD-ROM
loads with both scsi and ide drivers. RAID with megaraid_sas. I unloaded
scsi-cdrom module, just in case RAID devices(using scsi modules)
interfere with this.

Dell Live CD's (both CentOS and Fedora) fail pathetically and drops to
the minimal shell before loading the modules :-(

Since all CD/DVD installation fail, I tried network install:

HTTP: mirrors have blocked the port
FTP: Unable to transfer stage2.img
NFS: Unable to transfer stage2.img!

Can anyone suggest me or enlighten me with new ideas for proceeding with
the installation ?

PowerEdge T605: 2xAMD Opteron 2.3GHz(Quad Core)
                            16 GB Memory
                            2x1 TiB HDD
                            Broadcom NetExtreme II
                            PERC 6/i - RAID 1

Advance Thnx,

Regards,

Mohan P J
University of Glasgow

PS: I'm basically a student with lots of interest in Linux and this
happens to be the first server that am handling from the scratch and I
damn need it asap, I need to submit my report :-(

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