CentOS installation failed on IBM X3400

abhilashsnair · 09-15-2011, 10:10 PM

when i tried to install centos 6.0 on ibm x3400 i am getting this error , cant find root file system... or some thing linke sleepig mode etc...please help

how can i resolve this plz help in urgent

corp769 · 09-15-2011, 10:55 PM

Hello,

First of all, can you post us the exact error that you are getting? Telling us "this error or something like bla..." does not help at all. Also, please spell out your words, and don't say words like "urgent," as this pretty much makes us not want to help you at all. We all value our time on a volunteer basis; We don't need to help you, we just do.

Cheers,

Josh

abhilashsnair · 09-15-2011, 11:09 PM

while i m trying to install from centOS Media on my IBM X3400 Server .. I am getting this error

can't mount root file system
boot failed, sleeping forever

how could i resolve it ?, i am using CentOS 6.0 Installer CD (not DVD)

corp769 · 09-15-2011, 11:21 PM

Hmm, I don't like the sound of that. Can you boot into the live media, and attempt to mount your hard drive? Doing it that way should give us better output.

And for the record, please don't click on "No I didn't find this post helpful" unless it really didn't help. I was only telling the truth...........

abhilashsnair · 09-15-2011, 11:26 PM

please explain how can i mount HDD after booting from live media? it doest offer me a screen to do this straightly getting this error and the system stopped with the error prompt

corp769 · 09-15-2011, 11:37 PM

You should be able to boot into either a "live" mode, or rescue mode from the CD. Once you do that, browse to /dev/ and look for block devices that start with either hd or sd; These will be your hard drive. From there, mount the appropriate device with the "mount" command. Another question while I am at it - Is the hard drive an IDE drive or a SATA drive?

abhilashsnair · 09-20-2011, 01:04 AM

cent os i cant proceed , then i tried Redhat 6.4 , it booted in text mode and went fine up to the OS mode selection, here i select Server OS and after this i am getting this error

An Error has occurred, No valid devices were found on which to create new file systems, please check your hardware for the cause of this problem

What to do now ?

corp769 · 09-20-2011, 01:10 AM

Sounds like your hard drive is dead.... Have you tried booting a live version of any distro, particularly of centOS, and tried accessing the drive like I said? I would also check your connections to the hard drive just to make sure.

abhilashsnair · 09-20-2011, 01:23 AM

Thanks corp, i tried with Live CD after installing Ubuntu , solved my issue...

Thanks a lot for your support

abhilash

abhilashsnair · 09-20-2011, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corp769

Sounds like your hard drive is dead.... Have you tried booting a live version of any distro, particularly of centOS, and tried accessing the drive like I said? I would also check your connections to the hard drive just to make sure.

Great support
thanks