Hi,
I'm an ubuntu user but have the aim to move to a more business orientated OS like Centos/Red Hat; try Centos first!
Over the weekend I tried several times to install the new Centos 7 distribution with encrypted standard partitions. The machine is EFI aware and my aim was to install the /boot/efi (i.e. EFI partition) and the /boot partition to an unencrypted USB device. The remaining (standard non-LVM) partitions would be created on the main hard disk and luis encrypted as is usual.
The problem I encounter everyone of the 5 times I tried was a crash message box informing be than an unknown error had occurred; to be the clear the crash happened before or during the partitioning wizard but always at a slightly different time.
I entered the debugger and was met with many CRITICAL line outputs about a selection being out of range (looked GUI/mouse click maybe?) and then finally that a '_payload*' did not exist but always different. One i remember was to do with the timezone I think .. (I'm in London). After this I'm lost I'm afraid and the installer terminated.
Anyway, at this stage I'm not sure if these issues are because Centos 7 is new or there are other issues?
Would really appreciate any insight; I have searched around but cannot see others experiencing this exact issues.
Many thanks,
James
Installation Crashes
Re: Installation Crashes
Did you verify the media that you are using to install from? Did you checksum the iso image that you downloaded? Have you tried using the same media for a less complex initial installation to verify that that works first?
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke