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hello guys,
I tried to build web server and I bought FUJITSU SIEMENS RX200 S4
WITH INTEL Xeon processor with 2 hard disk everyone 250 GB SATA but without
OS
and I tried to install fedora in it but i could not give me massage
An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new file system. Please check your hardware for cause of this problem
I want your advice
thank you for all
Last edited by a.albreiki; 05-21-2008 at 02:16 AM.
I don't know the exact answer, but it does appear that this server supports RedHat, so perhaps try CentOS. It could, of course, be a hardware issue.
Also, try booting a rescue CD (I don't recall if the Fedora DVD allows a rescue boot, but I would imagine it does), and see if you can see the drives with fdisk, parted, or any other utility.
Last edited by billymayday; 05-21-2008 at 02:29 AM.
hello guys,
I tried to build web server and I bought FUJITSU SIEMENS RX200 S4
WITH INTEL Xeon processor with 2 hard disk everyone 250 GB SATA but without
OS
and I tried to install fedora in it but i could not give me massage
An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on which to create new file system. Please check your hardware for cause of this problem
I want your advice
thank you for all
The problem resides in that the installation software, in this case Fedora, can't 'see' any hard drive to install on.
Did you create a raid with your 2 drives in the raid bios ? (Assuming it's hardware raid of course)
Does the manufacturer (Fujitsu) express any compatibility with Fedora ?
Maybe you'll just have to load a module at installation time if indeed there is one available, just not part of the installation media.
An error has occurred - no valid devices were found
I got the same error message, not sure if we have the same cause; Anyway, I resolved the issue by connecting the hard drive to a SATA port 0.
Try playing with your connection, and / or BIOS. You may want to set the mode to ACHI or legacy. Hope this help.
Ben
An error has occurred - no valid devices were found
Hi There,
I got the same error. I resolved that by connecting the sata drive to port 0. Originally the drive was connected to the one of the sata/pata port. try connecting the drive to a different sata port and set the BIOS to ACHI or native.
Ben
Last edited by unix4me2002; 05-27-2008 at 04:29 PM.
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