Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970 [solved]

2009-03-21 Thread M. Lewis
M. Lewis wrote: Mark Goldshtein wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, M. Lewis cajun@ wrote: Thorny wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub.

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread M. Lewis
Mark Goldshtein wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:58 AM, M. Lewis cajun@ wrote: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error:

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:58 AM, M. Lewis cajun@ wrote: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error: Unable to install grub

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Goldshtein
2009/3/20 M. Lewis cajun@: New box, off the 'shelf'. No partitions there unless Dell put them on to begin with. It was purchased without an O/S. Hard drive was repartitioned during the (manual) graphic install. LVM, separate /home /boot, etc. It's not a laptop, it's a rackmount server. I

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread M. Lewis
Mark Goldshtein wrote: 2009/3/20 M. Lewis cajun@: New box, off the 'shelf'. No partitions there unless Dell put them on to begin with. It was purchased without an O/S. Hard drive was repartitioned during the (manual) graphic install. LVM, separate /home /boot, etc. It's not a laptop, it's a

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread randall
M. Lewis wrote: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error: Unable to install grub in (hd0) Executing 'grub-install (hd0)'

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread M. Lewis
randall wrote: M. Lewis wrote: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error: Unable to install grub in (hd0) Executing

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread Thorny
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error: Unable to install grub

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread Ansgar Esztermann
On Mar 20, 2009, at 11:04 , M. Lewis wrote: New box, off the 'shelf'. No partitions there unless Dell put them on to begin with. It was purchased without an O/S. Dell servers usually have a utility partition pre-installed. For what it's worth, I have a PE 2950 here. I do not recall any

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread M. Lewis
Ansgar Esztermann wrote: On Mar 20, 2009, at 11:04 , M. Lewis wrote: New box, off the 'shelf'. No partitions there unless Dell put them on to begin with. It was purchased without an O/S. Dell servers usually have a utility partition pre-installed. For what it's worth, I have a PE 2950

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread M. Lewis
Thorny wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error: Unable to

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, M. Lewis cajun@ wrote: Thorny wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum

Re: Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-20 Thread M. Lewis
Mark Goldshtein wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, M. Lewis cajun@ wrote: Thorny wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:32 -0500, M. Lewis posted: I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images

Lenny + Dell PE 2970

2009-03-19 Thread M. Lewis
I'm trying to install Lenny on a Dell Power Edge 2970 with little success. The problem I'm running into is installing grub. My .iso images check with md5sum correctly. With three different DVDs, I get the error: Unable to install grub in (hd0) Executing 'grub-install (hd0)' failed This is a