Hello, Finally I managed to install SL 6.0 on my Dell M600 Server.
The problem was that I was using two SAS hard drives that in the past were used in a hardware Raid, and the metadata of the Raid was still in those disks. The fact is that when the kernel loads and detects these metadata, avoids you to write the disk. A solution is to run the kernel without dmraid support, editing the option at the boot menu, pressing TAB and then adding "nodmraid" at the end of the kernel boot line. Doing these solves the problem. These is a known bug on RedHat 6.0. I found some interesting links: https://partner-bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608172 http://forums.opensuse.org/get-help-here/install-boot-login/416623-installation-problem-dmraid.html http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/possible-delete-raid-metadata-hard-drives-t2415504.html http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_install/bios-raid-metadata/53fd30d1-3b2b-43a1-8fd7-1e7c2b14ebed On the off-topic I want to say that I was trying to disable Virtual Disk from the BIOS, but the option isn't there. I opened my iDrac web interface and accessed to where Natxo pointed, and I managed to disable the option setting to "Deattach". My problem is solved, but the bug is still there!. Best regards. Felip 2011/6/27 Natxo Asenjo <[email protected]> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Felip Moll <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have discovered that /dev/sda is a Virtual Disk that iDrac from DELL > uses > > to boot the server from a remote .iso file. It can not be disabled, so > > /dev/sda will be always there. > > we have poweredge r710 and 410. In both we can disable those virtual > devices, I find it hard to believe you cannot. > > As this is quite off-topic, I will just add that in a 410 you go to the > tab 'console media', then configuration and there you will be able to > change the status of the virtual media (we leave it 'auto attach', but > you can attach or dettach it). > > Get the drac admin guide for your server and start reading :-) or call > dell support. > > -- > natxo >
