I have updated the Bios on the computer to the latest version (10/25/10). I then installed 12.2 and got the disk to create a new partition table. With everything else I pretty much took the defaults.
When the system tries to boot I get the message:
Error No active partition
Operating System not found
The computer is using a SATA Raid configuration. When I use a Red Hat installation, the system boots correctly.
Thanks in advance
please show us the terminal output and input, as well as the
beginning prompt and exit prompt, from
cat /etc/fstab
sudo /sbin/fdisk -l
sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
copy/paste the in/output back to this thread using the instructions
here: http://goo.gl/i3wnr
and please answer these:
by the way, perhaps you intended to try SUSE Linux Enterprise
software (which IS certified on that machine), if so you are at the
wrong forum and have installed the wrong software, suggest you hop to
www.suse.com and fetch the correct operating system, and then to
http://forums.suse.com/ if you have problems with the certified
software for that machine…
To answer your questions:
I am not getting as far as the OS, so cannot use any of your commands. What I think is the problem is that either the automatic configuration gets it wrong with regard to booting or that I need to change something in my Bios or Disk Array configuration. I have only one disk array with two disks and using Raid 1. The boot sequence is CD/DVD followed by Hard Drive.
I have only got a trial version of Red Hat and the configuration setup was not as easy for me to use as Suse was. There were less GUI based administration tools (or ones that I could find anyway) and I wanted it to be as simple as possible to maintain. Also, I wanted to use an open source product if one would work.
There is rescue boot from installation DVD, there are numerous Live CDs, there are many ways to use these commands. Without seeing your actual disk configuration there is no way to know what happens.
On 02/18/2013 06:36 PM, russ3ell wrote:
>
> I am not getting as far as the OS, so cannot use any of your commands.
[sound of forehead being smacked]
> I have only got a trial version of Red Hat and the configuration setup
> was not as easy for me to use as Suse was.
you write “Suse” and i can’t tell if you meant to write SUSE Linux
Enterprise or openSUSE…but, i guess
> Also, I wanted to use an open source product if one would work.
means you want to try openSUSE…so, i’d suggest you download an
openSUSE Live CD and boot from it…see if it runs and recognizes
your hardware…
and, while running that live system (if it will run) gather the
output i asked for earlier (saves a LOT of guessing)
by the way, when you downloaded the iso image you have, did you make
sure the iso was pure by checking it with md5 or sha1 as described
here: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help#Checksums
and, then once the install media was created did you self test that
media to make sure it was error free, by selecting “Check
Installation Media” as shown here: http://tinyurl.com/3qde66h
if the machine won’t boot the Live CD i’d expect some kind of
hardware incompatibility or problem…and, then i’d next point you
again to the enterprise class software…as well as their help in
sorting out the problem.
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