I am trying to install 42.3 (all these problems were present with 42.2 too) on a server that previously had 42.1 (drive’s wiped since then), but can not get neither the Net install or DVD install to work.
The Net install is the most successful, I can proceed all the way to user creation but it then gets stuck on a dialog box with the title “YaST2 - installation @ dhcp176” with the message
Retrieving cracklib-dict-full.rpm extension...
It can be like that for several hours. Starting today I will let it work until next tuesday.
For the full DVD installation, it gets stuck on the green bars loading at the bottom of the screen. Pressing an arrow key, I see it gets stuck at loading an e1000e* driver, which must be for the NIC. On the Net image, it loads the driver seemingly fine. I have tried a lot of things to circumvent this, like starting in Safe mode, starting with “brokenmodules=e1000e*”, and ASPI=off and such things.
The server is a Supermicro desktop model with what I think is a 3rd generation Xeon processor. Trying to install with USB keys from images that have been verified with sha256sum.
I’ve been studying some install problems, too and have come to some preliminary conclusions…
Both my DVD and NET install media were successful installing a couple times, then unexpectedly starting experiencing problems, throwing errors like “invalid URL” for the Main OSS repo and “Invalid medium” and similar.
For both of these errors, my early conclusion is that both are actually caused by Server side connection problems, the Servers are probably overloaded and simply not responding to client requests(so the install doesn’t know truly what is the problem). Depending on which part of the install you’re on determines the error thrown, but the error messages are likely misleading.
Recommended:
Use the DVD over a NET install at least now (first days after launch) to minimize issues relying on an onlne server. BTW - I also recommend using Bittorent to download the DVD for a multitude of reasons.
When a graphical image displays (like the green progress bar), click ESC to view install details.
If your install fails for any reason (including but not limited to what I described above), then reboot and try installing again. If you <know> your media is not corrupted, then just keep retrying…
or
I used a VPN to connect to another part of the world, likely accessing a different Server. You can probably do the same by manually configuring a repo URI, but since I have a VPN service without bandwidth restrictions, using it is easier.
In the end, I’ve found that with persistence the install will complete, sometimes after many (for me as many as 10) install re-tries.
Net install still haven’t been able to retrieve the cracklib after trying for five days. I doubt that simply re-trying and re-tying with the DVD install will produce any different results, but I’ll give it another go… and afterwards look into network install or something.
Re-tries should not result in failure downloading the file, should only resolve transient problems so the installation can continue.
Inspect closely what the result is, if a file absolutely won’t download, then start over.
Or, download the DVD and use that instead. The file will then be on the DVD and won’t have to come from the Internet.
I’ve now gotten the DVD install to work after updating BIOS, so that’s a little progress. But DVD is stuck on retrieving that cracklib thing too, so back to square one.
If you’re using a DVD,
Then the file has to be coming from the DVD, not online… At least during the install unless you enable online sources.
What are you setting up that requires this file?
Is it something that has to be set up during initial install or can it be installed/configured after a completed install (and system update)?
Only thing I’m trying to set up is the OS install itself. It pops up right after user creation.
I haven’t specifically enabled online sources or anything, everything’s completely standard. Perhaps except installing it on a RAID setup, perhaps. I can provide a screenshot.
I’m not sure, the board is a SuperMicro X8DT6 and we’re using the SATA raid on the chipset (there is a separate LSI SAS raid, but OS should be installed on the SATA disks). It looks fine in the partitioner, it’s creating an extended RAID partition ddf1_SYSTEM-part1 with more partX partitions for stuff.
In BIOS it can be configured in Intel or Adaptec mode. I think we’ve been trying with Adaptec mode, but I’ll experiment. From the manual:
This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA#1. Select RAID (In-
tel) to enable Intel’s SATA RAID
firmware to configure Intel’s SATA RAID settings.
Select RAID (Adaptec) to enable Adaptec’s SATA RAID firmware to configure
Adaptec’s SATA RAID settings. Select AHCI to enable SATA Advanced Host Inter-
face. (Take caution when using this function. This is for advanced programmers
only.) The options are
IDE,
RAID (Intel), RAID (Adaptec)
and AHCI.
Looks like the manual is broken, sorry for the formatting.
It doesn’t make any difference whether it’s Intel or Adaptec mode.
Skipping user creation isn’t possible either, since it does the same thing when writing a password for root user.
Closing this thread - we ran into trouble with the machine where it couldn’t enter BIOS or boot anything. Using a procedure from Supermicro support to clear CMOS resolved that problem, and also resolved whatever was preventing the Opensuse install.