[EvolutionCrazy]

ouch

[JML.it]

Not work for me

Hardwar info:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 662 Host (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA (rev 01)
00:1f.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 04)

[EvolutionCrazy]

last thing about this that you might be able to explain:

why the OVH netboot kernel do not work on a clean centos install done WITHOUT LVM (I thought LVM was the only showstopper for your images)?

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/sda2              14       30013   240975000   83  Linux
/dev/sda3           30014       30286     2192872+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4           30287       30401      923737+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           30287       30401      923706   83  Linux

after seeing the other way (ovh kernels not able to boot via PXE) on an official centos install I started to doubt that the problem was only with the initrd image.....

Thank you for you efforts

greetings

[EvolutionCrazy]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
> and please, if this is "the solution" please state in the OS
> descriptions when ordering that the user WILL NOT get a centos operating
> system, WILL NOT be able to use an official centos kernel........

No. You are able to do it, you only have to take care of it yourself,
and you have to do it right.

I hope someone in ALL the ovh international forums will be able someday to do that... as for now I've yet to find someone able to "fix" the image you install as "centos"...

the only success we see around are accomplished doing a clean install....

so I don't think I'm the only one not able to get an official kernel on an ovh box

[kro]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
> and please, if this is "the solution" please state in the OS
> descriptions when ordering that the user WILL NOT get a centos operating
> system, WILL NOT be able to use an official centos kernel........

No. You are able to do it, you only have to take care of it yourself,
and you have to do it right.

[EvolutionCrazy]

and please, if this is "the solution" please state in the OS descriptions when ordering that the user WILL NOT get a centos operating system, WILL NOT be able to use an official centos kernel........

[EvolutionCrazy]

My suggestion is: use the OVH kernel. It works.

or do a clean centos install....
http://forum.ovh.it/showthread.php?t=154

[kro]

JML.it wrote:
> The server doesn't go back Kro, your (standard) guide don't work.

It isn't a guide, just a list of hints.

> Ovh support for solution? But without suggestion, only the definitive
> solution please.

My suggestion is: use the OVH kernel. It works.

[EvolutionCrazy]

grubby take care of everything... even lilo afaik....

http://linux.die.net/man/8/grubby

grubby - command line tool for configuring grub, lilo, and elilo

in fact "/BOOT/BOOT.B" is specified in YOURS /etc/lilo.conf

the ones that come's preloaded in the box

PS: centos have no problem at all booting from lilo... I got 2boxes with centos5 and lilo... both running official centos kernels with no problems

[kro]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
>> GRUBBY: UNABLE TO OPEN /BOOT/BOOT.B: NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY

GRUB is not installed. We rely on lilo, while CentOS' default is GRUB.
That only means, you have to take care of the bootloader's configuration
yourself, or install grub if you want CentOS to take care of it.

[EvolutionCrazy]

and now it's time for PXE install

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8987/20986211xq2.png

e centos fu...

alla faccia di initrd e casini che mi proponevano!!!!

valà valà voi e le vostre immagini prese da chissa dove!!!

uname -r
2.6.18-92.el5

seguite questa procedura:
http://damaestro.us/howtos/installin...emote-location

gl hf

(con lilo non va ... si pianta al boot... bisogna farla con grub...)

(i kernel OVH netboot poi vanno giu' per il cesso... )

centos <3

in 3 giorni avro' reinstallato 50volte... e mi hanno persino sostituito un hard disk... ma adesso c'e' una centos vera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LSB Version:    :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description:    CentOS release 5.2 (Final)
Release:        5.2
Codename:       Final
Linux ns3.****.org 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 19:33:52 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
repo id              repo name                                 status
addons               CentOS-5 - Addons                         enabled
base                 CentOS-5 - Base                           enabled
c5-media             CentOS-5 - Media                          disabled
centosplus           CentOS-5 - Plus                           disabled
extras               CentOS-5 - Extras                         enabled
updates              CentOS-5 - Updates                        enabled

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
autofs4                24517  2
hidp                   23105  2
rfcomm                 42457  0
l2cap                  29505  10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth              53797  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                144893  1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     6977  0
ipt_REJECT              9537  1
xt_state                6209  2
ip_conntrack           53025  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink              10713  1 ip_conntrack
iptable_filter          7105  1
ip_tables              17029  1 iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT             9409  1
xt_tcpudp               7105  10
ip6table_filter         6849  1
ip6_tables             18053  1 ip6table_filter
x_tables               17349  6 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ip6_tables
ipv6                  258145  15 ip6t_REJECT
xfrm_nalgo             13765  1 ipv6
crypto_api             11969  1 xfrm_nalgo
cpufreq_ondemand       12493  2
dm_mirror              29253  0
dm_multipath           22089  0
dm_mod                 61661  2 dm_mirror,dm_multipath
video                  21193  0
sbs                    18533  0
backlight              10049  1 video
i2c_ec                  9025  1 sbs
i2c_core               23745  1 i2c_ec
button                 10705  0
battery                13637  0
asus_acpi              19289  0
ac                      9157  0
parport_pc             29157  0
lp                     15849  0
parport                37513  2 parport_pc,lp
sg                     36189  0
r8169                  32969  0
serio_raw              10693  0
pcspkr                  7105  0
usb_storage            76193  0
ahci                   30149  0
sata_via               15557  2
libata                143997  2 ahci,sata_via
sd_mod                 24897  3
scsi_mod              134605  4 sg,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  123593  1
jbd                    56553  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               25421  0
ohci_hcd               23261  0
ehci_hcd               33357  0

so: there was NO REASON to deploy a custom kernel... out of the box centos 5.2 installed perfectly fine in 10minutes!!! it took even less then the reinstall via OVH manager!! LOL

Ed ecco la pappa pronta: http://forum.ovh.it/showthread.php?t=154 ^^

[JML.it]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
> I hope someone from ovh can help us showing a way to get a genuine
> centos install working

Install CentOS via the Manager. Comment or remove the line
"exclude=kernel*" from /etc/yum.conf. Install the kernel with yum,
create a good initrd, edit /etc/lilo.conf, run lilo, send a prayer, reboot.

Using lilo, you might be interested in the "-R" switch, so that you
don't have to boot to rescue, but just can hard-reboot the server if the
CentOS kernel doesn't boot.

Good luck :-)
Felix

[root@ks362448 ~]# lilo -v
LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 09:15:23 on Feb 19 2007.

Reading boot sector from /dev/sda
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.img
Added 2.6.18-92.1.13. *

Boot image: /boot/bzImage-2.6.24.5-xxxx-grs-ipv4-32
Added linux

Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made.
[root@ks362448 ~]# reboot

Broadcast message from root (pts/1) (Sat Oct  4 21:13:32 2008):

The system is going down for reboot NOW!
[root@ks362448 ~]#

The server doesn't go back Kro, your (standard) guide don't work.

Someone has new guide for make a server with Centos in ovh server?

Ovh support for solution? But without suggestion, only the definitive solution please.

[EvolutionCrazy]

ok... I was able to install the OS with vkvm....

it's fully (except for the damn keymap of the kvm xD) working inside there... but cannot boot from the hd... and neither from the ovh netboot kernel (no I didn't did the standard install that come with LVM)...

[EvolutionCrazy]

I tried even:

mkinitrd -v -f --with=e100 --with=8139too --with=sis900 --with=via-rhine --with=e1000 --with=r8169 --with=skge --with=sky2 --with=3w-xxxx --with=scsi_mod --with=sd_mod --with=aic7xxx --with=megaraid --with=sym53c8xx --with=libata --with=sata_sis --with=ata_piix --with=sata_via --with=pata_sis --with=dm-mod --with=dm-mirror --with=raid1 --with=raid0 --with=raid456 --with=dm-crypt --with=mptspi --with=mptsas --with=mptctl --with=ahci --with=via686a --with=3w-9xxx --with=aic79xx --with=ehci_hcd --with=mptsas --with=pata_sis --with=pcnet32 --with=sata_sis --with=sis900 --with=sym53c8xx --with=via-rhine --with=3w-xxxx --with=aic7xxx --with=DAC960 --with=mptspi --with=sata_via --with=tg3 --with=e100 --with=k8temp --with=r8169 --with=skge --with=uhci_hcd --with=ata_piix --with=e1000 --with=megaraid_sas --with=w83627hf --with=sky2 --with=libata --with=mptbase --with=mptsas --with=mptspi --with=via_rhine --with=aic7xxx --with=aic79xx --with=acpi --with=sym53c8xx /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.img 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5

this is really time consuming

Is really that hard to get a genuine OS install like any other hoster does?

[EvolutionCrazy]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
> can you give us a hint on how to create such a good initrd?

Usually like that:
mkinitrd -v -f --with=e100 --with=8139too --with=sis900 --with=via-rhine \
--with=e1000 --with=r8169 --with=skge --with=sky2 --with=atl1 \
--with=3w-xxxx --with=scsi_mod --with=sd_mod --with=aic7xxx \
--with=megaraid --with=sym53c8xx --with=libata --with=sata_sis \
--with=ata_piix --with=sata_via --with=pata_sis --with=dm-mod \
--with=dm-mirror --with=raid1 --with=raid0 --with=raid456 \
--with=dm-crypt --with=mptspi --with=mptsas --with=mptctl --with=ahci \
--with=via686a /boot/initrd-$VERSION.img $VERSION

btw... something is broken on the centos image:

yum install kernel
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Determining fastest mirrors
* base: centos.got-root.me.uk
* updates: centos.got-root.me.uk
* addons: centos.got-root.me.uk
* extras: centos.got-root.me.uk
base : ################################################## 2458/2458
updates : ################################################## 506/506
extras : ################################################## 283/283
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 set to be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ===========================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ===========================
Installing:
kernel i686 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 updates 14 M

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===========================
Install 1 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 14 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): kernel-2.6.18-92.1 100% |=========================| 14 MB 00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: kernel ######################### [1/1]
grubby: unable to open /boot/boot.b: No such file or directory

Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5
Complete!

PS:

No module atl1 found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5, aborting.

had to do without that...

PS2:
it's not coming up with the generated initrd.

[EvolutionCrazy]

I've tried that seeing your other post on the UK forum

but still no luck....

vkvm failed 3 times...

[kro]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
> can you give us a hint on how to create such a good initrd?

Usually like that:
mkinitrd -v -f --with=e100 --with=8139too --with=sis900 --with=via-rhine \
--with=e1000 --with=r8169 --with=skge --with=sky2 --with=atl1 \
--with=3w-xxxx --with=scsi_mod --with=sd_mod --with=aic7xxx \
--with=megaraid --with=sym53c8xx --with=libata --with=sata_sis \
--with=ata_piix --with=sata_via --with=pata_sis --with=dm-mod \
--with=dm-mirror --with=raid1 --with=raid0 --with=raid456 \
--with=dm-crypt --with=mptspi --with=mptsas --with=mptctl --with=ahci \
--with=via686a /boot/initrd-$VERSION.img $VERSION

[EvolutionCrazy]

Thank you a lot for you reply Felix!

Yeah I've used and abused the -R switch of lilo a lot in the past

btw.. I've already done what you suggest... but It keep failing...

the point that fails I think it's:

create a good initrd

can you give us a hint on how to create such a good initrd?

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 5337 (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Chrome9 HC IGP (rev 01)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 03)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 03)
04:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

thank you, greetings

[kro]

EvolutionCrazy wrote:
> I hope someone from ovh can help us showing a way to get a genuine
> centos install working

Install CentOS via the Manager. Comment or remove the line
"exclude=kernel*" from /etc/yum.conf. Install the kernel with yum,
create a good initrd, edit /etc/lilo.conf, run lilo, send a prayer, reboot.

Using lilo, you might be interested in the "-R" switch, so that you
don't have to boot to rescue, but just can hard-reboot the server if the
CentOS kernel doesn't boot.

Good luck :-)
Felix

[EvolutionCrazy]

hanged again here:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4121/70929284am1.png

re-trying ..........................................

I hope someone from ovh can help us showing a way to get a genuine centos install working

[JML.it]

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9...794x509zr0.jpg

[EvolutionCrazy]

mine looks hanged here:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3...8170446sf1.png

[JML.it]

beh scrivi pure anche italiano ^^

io ho scritto in inglese sperando in una risposta di kro

LOL

[EvolutionCrazy]

beh scrivi pure anche italiano ^^

io ho scritto in inglese sperando in una risposta di kro

[JML.it]

Always I install linux with text interface

[EvolutionCrazy]

I'm retrying too... maybe qemu got updated :O

PS: go for the text install... it's a pain to point to the right button with the graphical one

[JML.it]

Thanks for the link for 5.1 (I had not found). Now I install them. Work in progress ...

[EvolutionCrazy]

Yes, I'm aware of that... already tried it

it's a problem of rhel kernel with qemu... fixed in newer kernels (but 5.2 official iso still have the bugged one)
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2912

5.1 works "out of the box" but i've never been able to complete the install from vkvm...

http://vault.centos.org/5.1/isos/i38...netinstall.iso

http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?i...8162552yu2.png
http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?i...8162013rj5.png

[JML.it]

kernel panic of the netinstall was due to a bug (with the virtualization used for the vkvm) in the rhel kernel shipped with the 5.2 iso... 5.1 load fine.... but die when it's time to write grub IIRC...

PS: yes, your iso stop with an error after downloading stage2

You can verify the kernel panic with official netinstall ditribution Centos 5.2

http://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/Cen...netinstall.iso

[EvolutionCrazy]

kernel panic of the netinstall was due to a bug (with the virtualization used for the vkvm) in the rhel kernel shipped with the 5.2 iso... 5.1 load fine.... but die when it's time to write grub IIRC...

PS: yes, your iso stop with an error after downloading stage2

[JML.it]

Hi EvolutionCrazy, I have the same problem and I have create my own netinstall downlodable from here
ftp://91.121.198.104/CentOS-5.2-i386...all-custom.iso

This iso work perfectly without kernal panic (I think for wrong check CPU) conveted all for i686 platform (vmlinuz e modules created by hand).

Now, after download stage2.img I get error for loop mount:

ERROR: unable to open loop device /tmp/loop0
ERROR: Error mounting /dev/loop0 in /mnt/runtime (No such device or address)

Any tips? Is the netinstall bug?

[EvolutionCrazy]

I've reimaged a box (kimsufi 2xl) a lot of times... trying nearly everything (even the suggestion by kro here: http://forum.ovh.co.uk/showthread.php?t=741 )

How can we get a genuine centos5 kernel up-and-running?

I've plenty of other servers around running centos on even newer hardware... none is having problems... I doubt there's some incompatibility just with the ovh boxes

I've tried

mkinitrd -v -f --with=e100 --with=8139too --with=sis900 --with=via-rhine --with=e1000 --with=r8169 --with=skge --with=sky2 --with=3w-xxxx --with=scsi_mod --with=sd_mod --with=aic7xxx --with=megaraid --with=sym53c8xx --with=libata --with=sata_sis --with=ata_piix --with=sata_via --with=pata_sis --with=dm-mod --with=dm-mirror --with=raid1 --with=raid0 --with=raid456 --with=dm-crypt --with=mptspi --with=mptsas --with=mptctl --with=ahci --with=via686a --with=i2c_viapro --with=i2c_core --with=ext3 --with=mbcache --with=ata_generic --with=ehci_hcd --with=ahci --with=uhci_hcd /boot/initrd-2.6.24.7-65.el5rt.centos.img 2.6.24.7-65.el5rt.centos

on both the kernel-rt and the official one... but the box won't boot