[Gllug] CentOS 4.2 install hangs right at the end

Garry Heaton garry at heaton6.freeserve.co.uk
Mon May 19 15:54:46 UTC 2008


Same. After the freeze nothing is available.

Garry

william pink wrote:
> What about VC1 and 2 :o) ?
> 
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Garry Heaton <garry at heaton6.freeserve.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>> Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>> Garry Heaton wrote:
>>>>>> I have the RAID5 array configured and the proprietary raid card driver
>>>>>> loaded successfully at startup.  The install completes up to the very
>> last
>>>>>> "Post-install configuration" then everything hangs. Same through 3
>> attempts.
>>>>> see anything interesting on VC#3 VC#4 or VC#5 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, why are you using such an old version of CentOS ?
>>>>>
>>>> How do I access VC#3, 4 etc? This was the last version of RHEL supported
>> by
>>>> Broadcom for this raid card.
>>> ALT+CTRL+F3 from the GUI install screen should take you to VC3, then
>>> ALT+F4 / ALT+f5
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> When I access these virtual terminals the output stops so they're no use in
>> diagnosing the freeze during the Post-Install phase since I have no access
>> to VC3-7 following the freeze.
>>
>> Garry
>>
>>
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