<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi everyone.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’ve been having endless headaches with the FC5 installation. I’ve managed to get most of them sorted but I’m now really stumped.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Well I was having the common problem of the install hanging at the X Server screen with a black background and ‘X’ Cursor. I used the ‘linux nodmraid’ at the boot prompt and it successfully got me to the GUI. However, I am trying to install on a RAID 0 partition and as you can see, if I use ‘nodmraid’ I can’t activate my RAID partition for the installer to see. I’m at a loss for what to do I can’t see any other option as dmraid would be needed to actually show RAID files but at the same time I need to get to the GUI Installer!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here are a few things to note:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Text install DOES NOT WORK It has the same problem as the GUI install, it works only if I use ‘nodmraid’.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have tried the ‘linux vesa’ command which is a common fix to the black screen and x cursor problem. However, If I boot with this command, when X server starts up my monitor gives a ‘No Signal’ message.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I am installing the x86_64 release of FC5 and I DO have a 64-bit processor.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> All 6 discs of my installation media have been SHA1SUM verified and are all complete.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I burned the media first as a simulation at the slowest speed possible on my drive (8x 1,200kb/s) and then I used nero to verify the data. Passes all tests.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> With DMA turned off (with the ide=nodma command) the CD media all pass the mediacheck test.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have been trying to do a Hard Drive install but can burn the discs if this will cause complications.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have tried running the dmraid –v –ay command as soon as the GUI appears, but this does not do anything.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have two RAID 0 Arrays, Array 1 is comprised of two identical 160GB Seagate SATA drives, Array 2 is comprised of three identical 40GB Seagate IDE/ATA Drives. I do not wish to install anything on the SATA RAID array as it is for storage only, I wish to install fedora core on the IDE/ATA Array. Both of these Arrays work fine under Windows XP Professional so I know my Arrays are fine.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> My RAID is configured by the onboard nForce 4 RAID controller also known as software or fake RAID.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have used the ‘dmraid –v –ay’ command and then used ‘ls /dev/mapper/’ to verify my drives were all there, linux correctly indentifies them with this command.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here are my system specs:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Processor: AMD Opteron 148 – Venus Core (64-Bit Processor)<o:p></o:p> RAM: 1024MB PC3200 DDR RAM<o:p></o:p> Video Card: ATI RADEON x800GTO2<o:p></o:p> Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4-F (nForce 4 Chipset)<o:p></o:p> SATA Hard Drive: 2x Seagate Barracuda 160GB (RAID 0 Array 1)<o:p></o:p> ATA Hard Drive: 3x Seagate 40GB (RAID 0 Array 2)<o:p></o:p> Monitor: Acer 19” Widescreen LCD (1440x900 Native Res)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I posted a few threads on Fedora Forums which might a give a bit more insight into the problem:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=107352">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=107352</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> and<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=107567<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I would be very grateful to anyone who could help me, I’ve posted on fedora forums but no one was able to help me sort it out. I have also tried the fedora IRC community who also could not help me. Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>