Anyone able to run Intrepid server?

Michael Hipp Michael at Hipp.com
Fri Oct 3 23:54:01 UTC 2008


Michael Hipp wrote:
> Dustin Kirkland wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
>>> I've tried twice now to install Intrepid server on 2 different systems. Once a
>>> couple of weeks ago, most recently on the 9/30 daily build.
>>>
>>> In both cases the install seems to proceed fine but it won't boot.
>>>
>>> This most recent case (9/30 build) is on a Dell PowerEdge 600SC with a pair of
>>> 36G SCSI drives. Upon boot it drops to BusyBox saying /dev/md0 does not exist.
>>>
>>> I typed 'exit' at the BusyBox prompt and it proceeded to boot normally. The md
>>> devices show normal. But upon next reboot it again lands in BusyBox.
>>>
>>> My disk layout:
>>>   mdo: /
>>>   md1: <swap>
>>>   md2: /home
>>>
>>> The md devices are RAID1.

I downloaded the beta iso and tried again. Deleted all the partitions and 
rebuilt them from scratch (this time eliminating the separate /home partition 
for brevity's sake). Same result. Boots straight to BusyBox, upon which an 
'exit' command causes it to boot normally.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Michael




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