Re: Issues installing 8.10 on IBM x3550M4

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 09:27:34AM -0500, richey goldberg wrote:
> I tried both the text (preferred method) and graphical and I get the
> same thing. I initially tried installing remotely using the IMM2
> built in KVM.  Thinking that was the issue I connected directly to the
> VGA and I get the same results.
> 
> The servers previously had a 64bit version of Ubuntu on them.
> 
I suspect that you need a special command-line option to pass to the
kernel.  Last year I had to install Debian on an HP server and I had to
pass at least one option to the installer kernel to get the installer to
boot.  If you can still boot the old Ubuntu that is installed on them,
you might want to run 'cat /proc/cmdline' to see how the kernel was
booted.  That might give you a hint as to what you might need to tell
the Debian installer kernel.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez

Re: Issues installing 8.10 on IBM x3550M4

[richey goldberg]

I tried both the text (preferred method) and graphical and I get the
same thing. I initially tried installing remotely using the IMM2
built in KVM.  Thinking that was the issue I connected directly to the
VGA and I get the same results.

The servers previously had a 64bit version of Ubuntu on them.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez  wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 09:06:18AM -0500, richey goldberg wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I've been struggling with an issue trying to install 8.10 netinst
>> (amd64) on an IBM x3550 M4.  When I boot into the install image I get
>> the splash screen and install menu.  If I choose the install option
>> the screen "flickers" like it's changing the screen resolution and
>> then I just get a blank screen with nothing else.The only option
>> is to power cycle the server and start over.
>>
> Are you choosing the option for a GUI installation or a text-based
> installation?
>
> Have you tried connecting to the serial console to see if the output is
> being sent there?  Or if you are already connected to the serial
> console, have you tried connecting to the VGA output?
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
> --
> Roberto C. Sánchez
>

Re: Issues installing 8.10 on IBM x3550M4

[Roberto C . Sánchez]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 09:06:18AM -0500, richey goldberg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I've been struggling with an issue trying to install 8.10 netinst
> (amd64) on an IBM x3550 M4.  When I boot into the install image I get
> the splash screen and install menu.  If I choose the install option
> the screen "flickers" like it's changing the screen resolution and
> then I just get a blank screen with nothing else.The only option
> is to power cycle the server and start over.
> 
Are you choosing the option for a GUI installation or a text-based
installation?

Have you tried connecting to the serial console to see if the output is
being sent there?  Or if you are already connected to the serial
console, have you tried connecting to the VGA output?

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez

Issues installing 8.10 on IBM x3550M4

[richey goldberg]

Hello,


I've been struggling with an issue trying to install 8.10 netinst
(amd64) on an IBM x3550 M4.  When I boot into the install image I get
the splash screen and install menu.  If I choose the install option
the screen "flickers" like it's changing the screen resolution and
then I just get a blank screen with nothing else.The only option
is to power cycle the server and start over.

I have four of these servers that I need to load this image on and all
four servers exhibit the same behavior.   I initially thought the
issue was because I was trying to remotely install the image with the
IMM2 but when I got to the office this morning and tried the install
locally I get the same thing.

I've googled quite a bit and found similar issues but these were after
the install was complete and with people who were running a desktop on
their servers.These servers will run with the CLI only, no desktop
needed.

Has anyone run into this issue before trying to install on an IBM server?
-richey