I am new to RL and decided to convert a CentOS 7 system to RL 9.1. This also entailed repartitioning the system since I wanted a combination of LUKS, LVM and RAID1.
I ran into two issues with Anaconda, the same installation software RHEL uses, suggesting a lack of robustness.
First, the partition scheme with LUKS, LVM and RAID1 took a lot of tinkering to get right. If there was something wrong the script aborted and I had to start over again booting the installation DVD.
Second, a couple of times the script got stuck on 'configuring storage' and then aborted. Back to booting the installation DVD.
In the end I finished the installation but I was amazed that the script is not more robust after being widely used for multiple versions of the RHEL software.
How widely are these problems encountered?
On March 28, 2023 6:36:52 AM EDT, H agents@meddatainc.com wrote:
I am new to RL and decided to convert a CentOS 7 system to RL 9.1. This also entailed repartitioning the system since I wanted a combination of LUKS, LVM and RAID1.
I ran into two issues with Anaconda, the same installation software RHEL uses, suggesting a lack of robustness.
First, the partition scheme with LUKS, LVM and RAID1 took a lot of tinkering to get right. If there was something wrong the script aborted and I had to start over again booting the installation DVD.
Second, a couple of times the script got stuck on 'configuring storage' and then aborted. Back to booting the installation DVD.
In the end I finished the installation but I was amazed that the script is not more robust after being widely used for multiple versions of the RHEL software.
How widely are these problems encountered?
There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list?
Hi H,
On Mar 30, 2023, at 14:15, H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
On March 28, 2023 6:36:52 AM EDT, H agents@meddatainc.com wrote:
How widely are these problems encountered?
There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list?
It isn’t so much that, so much as I don’t think anyone is experiencing the same issues. Which answers your previous question, “how widely are these problems encountered”.
In my own experience, I’ve never seen Anaconda fail in RL 9 after the install has been kicked off.
It would be helpful to provide specific errors or logs if you are seeking a solution.
-- Brian Clemens Vice President Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
On 03/30/2023 01:22 AM, Brian Clemens wrote:
Hi H,
On Mar 30, 2023, at 14:15, H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
On March 28, 2023 6:36:52 AM EDT, H agents@meddatainc.com wrote:
How widely are these problems encountered?
There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list?
It isn’t so much that, so much as I don’t think anyone is experiencing the same issues. Which answers your previous question, “how widely are these problems encountered”.
In my own experience, I’ve never seen Anaconda fail in RL 9 after the install has been kicked off.
It would be helpful to provide specific errors or logs if you are seeking a solution.
-- Brian Clemens Vice President Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
I see. I am little bit surprised to hear that, I have heard third hand that Anaconda does have problems. Anyway, after several tries and a number of crashes by Anaconda, I was able to complete the installation of the minimum installation version of RL 9.1.
With that said, and bearing in mind that my background is CentOS 6 and 7, I expected that even the minimum installation version of RL 9.1 would present me with a neat grub2 screen allowing me to choose between the installed kernel and a recovery version before proceeding. Instead I see all boot messages scrolling by and the prompt to enter the LUKS password thrown into this also scrolling on the screen...
I surmise that the RL 9.1 installation process is different from CentOS 6 and 7 but is there something I can change to get to the more user-friendly "CentOS-like" kernel prompt screen, ie grub2 screen?
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:11 AM H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
On 03/30/2023 01:22 AM, Brian Clemens wrote:
Hi H,
On Mar 30, 2023, at 14:15, H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
On March 28, 2023 6:36:52 AM EDT, H agents@meddatainc.com wrote:
How widely are these problems encountered?
There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list?
It isn’t so much that, so much as I don’t think anyone is experiencing
the same issues. Which answers your previous question, “how widely are these problems encountered”.
In my own experience, I’ve never seen Anaconda fail in RL 9 after the
install has been kicked off.
It would be helpful to provide specific errors or logs if you are
seeking a solution.
-- Brian Clemens Vice President Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
I see. I am little bit surprised to hear that, I have heard third hand that Anaconda does have problems. Anyway, after several tries and a number of crashes by Anaconda, I was able to complete the installation of the minimum installation version of RL 9.1.
With that said, and bearing in mind that my background is CentOS 6 and 7, I expected that even the minimum installation version of RL 9.1 would present me with a neat grub2 screen allowing me to choose between the installed kernel and a recovery version before proceeding. Instead I see all boot messages scrolling by and the prompt to enter the LUKS password thrown into this also scrolling on the screen...
I surmise that the RL 9.1 installation process is different from CentOS 6 and 7 but is there something I can change to get to the more user-friendly "CentOS-like" kernel prompt screen, ie grub2 screen?
Starting with RHEL 9.1 (therefore Rocky Linux 9.1), the grub menu is now hidden by default if there are no other OSs installed. You can change this behavio(u)r by running:
# grub2-editenv - unset menu_auto_hide
Akemi
On 03/30/2023 03:30 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 10:11 AM H via rocky <rocky@lists.resf.org mailto:rocky@lists.resf.org> wrote:
On 03/30/2023 01:22 AM, Brian Clemens wrote: > Hi H, > >> On Mar 30, 2023, at 14:15, H via rocky <rocky@lists.resf.org <mailto:rocky@lists.resf.org>> wrote: >> >> On March 28, 2023 6:36:52 AM EDT, H <agents@meddatainc.com <mailto:agents@meddatainc.com>> wrote: >>> >>> How widely are these problems encountered? >> There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list? > It isn’t so much that, so much as I don’t think anyone is experiencing the same issues. Which answers your previous question, “how widely are these problems encountered”. > > In my own experience, I’ve never seen Anaconda fail in RL 9 after the install has been kicked off. > > It would be helpful to provide specific errors or logs if you are seeking a solution. > > -- > Brian Clemens > Vice President > Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation > I see. I am little bit surprised to hear that, I have heard third hand that Anaconda does have problems. Anyway, after several tries and a number of crashes by Anaconda, I was able to complete the installation of the minimum installation version of RL 9.1. With that said, and bearing in mind that my background is CentOS 6 and 7, I expected that even the minimum installation version of RL 9.1 would present me with a neat grub2 screen allowing me to choose between the installed kernel and a recovery version before proceeding. Instead I see all boot messages scrolling by and the prompt to enter the LUKS password thrown into this also scrolling on the screen... I surmise that the RL 9.1 installation process is different from CentOS 6 and 7 but is there something I can change to get to the more user-friendly "CentOS-like" kernel prompt screen, ie grub2 screen?Starting with RHEL 9.1 (therefore Rocky Linux 9.1), the grub menu is now hidden by default if there are no other OSs installed. You can change this behavio(u)r by running:
# grub2-editenv - unset menu_auto_hide
Akemi
Aha, thank you. I will try that next time I am back at this computer. Do you know what the reason for this is? It seems counterproductive to me to have all the boot messages scroll by instead of a single menu.
--On Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:15 AM +0000 H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list?
Unlike CentOS, the traffic for Rocky support seems to all be on the web forum. When I first switched to Rocky for my next server, I tried a couple messages to the mailing list and it was like a ghost town. I got much better results on the forum. The forum does send a monthly email with forum highlights and your posts will get email notifications of any replies, so I find it just as useful as a mailing list. Plus, one can add images if needed to help document a problem.
Start here:
On March 30, 2023 6:45:20 PM EDT, Kenneth Porter via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
--On Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:15 AM +0000 H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
There does not seem to be any activity on this mailing list?
Unlike CentOS, the traffic for Rocky support seems to all be on the web
forum. When I first switched to Rocky for my next server, I tried a couple messages to the mailing list and it was like a ghost town. I got much better results on the forum. The forum does send a monthly email with forum highlights and your posts will get email notifications of any replies, so I find it just as useful as a mailing list. Plus, one can add images if needed to help document a problem.
Start here:
https://forums.rockylinux.org/
rocky mailing list -- rocky@lists.resf.org To unsubscribe send an email to rocky-leave@lists.resf.org
Thank you for the link. I could not find any RSS feeds on the forum site - does the forum software offer that?
Forums are fine if you have a specific problem that needs to be addressed. However, if you do not have a specific need but rather want to see what other people are discussing, a mailing list is much better.
I compare it to seeking information on a specific topic on the web vs. reading a printed daily newspaper where you get exposed to news you did not even know of but you might find interesting. I definitely enjoy reading my NY Times in print every day just for that reason.
On Mar 31, 2023, at 10:14, H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
Thank you for the link. I could not find any RSS feeds on the forum site - does the forum software offer that?
The forum supports RSS via https://forums.rockylinux.org/latest.rss for topics and https://forums.rockylinux.org/posts.rss for all posts.
However, the forum also has a mailing list mode that you might prefer! On the user preferences page under the “Emails” tab, there’s a checkbox “Enable mailing list mode”. You can use it like a normal mailing list (replying to an email with an email will add a post from you, etc).
Beware that the Rocky Linux Forum is quite high traffic.
On 31/03/23 14:48, Brian Clemens via rocky wrote:
On Mar 31, 2023, at 10:14, H via rocky rocky@lists.resf.org wrote:
Thank you for the link. I could not find any RSS feeds on the forum site - does the forum software offer that?
The forum supports RSS via https://forums.rockylinux.org/latest.rss for topics and https://forums.rockylinux.org/posts.rss for all posts.
However, the forum also has a mailing list mode that you might prefer! On the user preferences page under the “Emails” tab, there’s a checkbox “Enable mailing list mode”. You can use it like a normal mailing list (replying to an email with an email will add a post from you, etc).
Beware that the Rocky Linux Forum is quite high traffic.
I should note that if you want to stick to just using the mailing lists that's just fine. There are highly knowledgeable people that monitor this list who are more than happy to reply to your questions and help with any issues you might have. Don't let the low traffic fool you in that regard.
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