[arch-general] Unable to Install Arch on Server

[Tobias Powalowski]

Am Mittwoch 02 Dezember 2009 schrieb Heiko Baums:
> Am Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:59:24 -0500
> 
> schrieb Carlos Williams <carloswill at gmail.com>:
> > I have a Dell server (Power Edge 1855) blade that I am trying to
> > install Arch Linux on. I have no problems installing / running Debian,
> > CentOS, or Ubuntu on this hardware but when I try to boot from Arch CD
> > (2009.08 Netinst or Core), I get an error:
> >
> > Waiting for boot device...
> > Error: Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds...
> > Falling back to interactive prompt.
> > You can try and fix the problem manually, log out when you're
> > finished. ramfs$
> >
> > I also built a new PC from home with parts purchased from Newegg.com.
> > The machine runs perfect with almost any flavor of Linux / Windows but
> > when I go to install Arch Linux as above, I get the same error. I have
> > done md5 sum check on my ISO image and used the CD on other servers
> > fine. I know the disk / image is not the problem. Anyone know how I
> > can resolve this?
> >
> > Here is a link to the screenshot of the error:
> >
> > http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6127/errorua.png
> 
> I have the same problem.
> See my bug report: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17231
> 
> Heiko
> 
You could try archboot isos linked here:
ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/archboot

greetings
tpowa
-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org
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