Kay Diederichs wrote:
Geoffrey schrieb:
I've spent many hours trying to install Red Hat EL 5 on a new Macpro I
purchased. I successfully installed Fedora 8 and am actually sending
this from that system. The problem is, my primary client at this
time requires Red Hat 5.
When I attempt to boot from the Red Hat 5.1 install DVD, I see the
following in the logs:
ide-cd: cmd 0x28 timed out
hda: DMA interrupt recovery
lost interrupt
lost interrupt
lost interrupt
lost interrupt
I've tried the Red Hat 5.1 install cd as well as the Red Hat 4 install
cd, same problem. Centos 5.1 gives the same issue.
For what it's worth, the dvd drive shows up as /dv/sr0 on Fedora 8.
I've tried creating a boot usb device, no go there either.
I tried "linux askmethod" in order to attempt a network install, and I
do get the initial install menus, but any keyboard input is
duplicated, thus when I get to the point of entering the IP address
for the server, it's impossible: (192.10.10.10 comes out as
119922..1100..1100..1100)
Any suggestions as to how I might proceed would be appreciated.
Specs:
2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Res WS
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
200GB Serial ATA @ 7200 rpm
SuperDrive 8x DL
Thanks for any suggestions.
try installation from DVD with "linux irqpoll" , and also try "linux
irqpoll acpi=off"
Once it's installed try to get rid of those parameters in grub.conf.
At least we had to do this with early RHEL5 kernels on the Mac pro.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've since found that I can initiate a
successful network intstall by passing the hda=noprobe option at boot.
I might give your approach a try, since it would enable me to install
from the dvd.
Question is, what do you mean by 'try to get rid of those parameters in
grub.conf?' Obviously it would require a simple edit, but I suspect
that might be suggesting that I might have problems getting it to boot
after doing so?
--
Until later, Geoffrey
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
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