T605

[Eric Whiting]

Looks like a problem with sr0 -- the CDROM drive. (not the DVD/CD media)
Can you try a different CD/DVD drive or better yet a USB stick or
PXEBOOT? Your network install attempt looks like a firewall or network
config (missing route) maybe caused the install to fail.


linux-poweredge-request at dell.com wrote:
>
> Subject:
> RE: Help: Linux Installation on PowerEdge T605
> From:
> <Andreas_Fuchs at Dell.com>
> Date:
> Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:24:16 +0100
> To:
> <mocqccpct at gmail.com>, <linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com>
>
> To:
> <mocqccpct at gmail.com>, <linux-poweredge at lists.us.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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