[Wylug-help] server distro's - was grub problems...

[Richard Ibbotson]

> On 12/07/12 12:06, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> > Last week I tried to install a Debian Apache server with a Debian
> > 6.05 netinstall image. It produced a non-bootable hung system.
> > Had to use System Rescue CD to get it to boot. Probably a good
> > idea to remember that this is x86 hardware. Which probably isn't
> > seen very much in commercial circles. Outside of a University.
> > Okay, so Universities and organisations like NASA use x86 PC
> > clusters but probably not in commercial organisations. I worked
> > in a BT data centre in Sheffield a few times. Not much x86
> > hardware in the servers that are being used.

On Thursday 12 July 2012 19:19:03 Chris Davies wrote:
> An unbootable system doesn't sound good. I can't say I've had a
> large number of problems with running Debian on the x86-based Dell
> kit (1U and 2U rack-mount stuff) I used to use over the last 5-10
> years. The usual complication was when installing remotely, using a
> virtual CD drive (remote access stuff is oh so clever), the
> installer would get confused by the presence of the vCD enough for
> it to name the hard drives incorrectly once I disconnected the vCD.

No, I've not had much of a problem with Debian and Ubuntu systems that 
don't boot.  Only recently.  I'm building a new 64-bit x86 server to 
get round this problem.  More modern hardware should take care of the 
issue.  Strangely I just ran YUM on my Fedora 17 machine.  The update 
is ?  GRUB 2 update.  So, must be fixed on Fedora.

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Richard
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