On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Nico van der Dussen wrote: > > > On 11 Sep 2006 at 8:47, Jon Nelson wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to setup a 64-bit server with RAID. > > > > > > using Suse 10.1 64-bit version. > > > > > > I have a IDE 80GB harddrive on hda which I want to use for booting and > > > swapping. > > > > > > I have 3 x 80GB SATA drives I want to use as a RAID5 unit. > > > > > > The problem is that I can't get the install process to boot from the hard > > > drive. > > > > > > The mounting points are: > > > > > > IDE drive is /boot > > > > > > Raid drive is /<root> > > > > > > Where am I getting things wrong? > > > > What do you mean by "can't get the install process to boot from the hard > > drive" - this can be an issue of the PATA/SATA drives showup up in > > different orders between the BIOS and the kernel. What more information > > can you give us? > > > > > When booting I get the following messages on screen: > > Listing of the devices etc > > Verifying DMI Pool Data..... > GRUB loading stage1.5. > > GRUB loading, please wait.... > graphics file "(hd3,0)/message" missing, press a key to continue... > > Next screen: > > > Booting 'SUSE Linux 10.1 > > root (hd3,0) > Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0xfd > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/md0 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent show > opts > > Error 16: Inconsistent filesystem structure > > Press any key to continue...
If I am understanding this correctly, and that you get this after a new installation, then reinstall and this time choose ext3, at least for /boot and /. I've had problems with reiserfs, and personally do not use anything but ext2/3 and occasionally jfs. That may help. -- Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Jon Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
