I ran into a problem that I couldn’t solve during the installation of Ubuntu on a Dell Poweredge 2450 server. This is how I solved it.
Problem:
I have tried a several times to install Ubuntu with a downloaded ISO burned with Nero. The issue that entered where that it stalled when it tried to read in the component libc6-udeb. I have controlled the checksum and verified the download. I have tried to burn the CD-image on different burners on different computers. I haven’t tried different vendor CDs. But it all ends up with the hang when loading libc6-udeb.
Solution:
I downloaded the 6.061 release of Ubuntu and it worked out of a box. The next step is, due to that fact that I’m not online, to upgrade the server for 7.04 manually.
Update:
I also ran into the problem when I tried to install CentOS 4.4 were it hangs at sbin/load something. A funny thing is that It worked out of a box when a colleague reinstalled CentOS. I think the issue is related to the type of CD-R disc/burner/software.
Cheers!
Thank You for the information.
6.06 is the only Ubuntu installation I could get to load on my PowerEdge 2450’s.
Additionally, after many attempts on different 2450’s, I am completely unable to GNOME to function. Has anyone had any success loading the GUI.
I will attempt the upgrade path to 7.04 for the server.
Thanks again
James
I’m seeing the exact same thing on both Dell PowerEdge 2550 and Compaq Proliant DL580 servers with 7.04. The 2550 installs 6.06 just fine, though the DL580 can’t run it either due to an unrelated RAID driver problem…
I am having the same troubles and found this thread via Google searching.
1) IBM X_series 230 (aka Netfinity 5100) with a ServRAID 4L
2) Dell PowerEdge 2550
Both of these are P3 era machines, which I think is the only relation between them. Both are SCSI, though those are unrelated.
IBM server fails on reading the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn disc. I have tried the following:
-Tried a new IDE cable
-Replaced both IDE CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives
-Put a known good disc from a working and verified machine into the IBM
-Different media, both Ritek and cheap HP discs
-Different burners; one NEC and one Lite-On
-Different ISOs: One Ubuntu Server build and one Desktop build
-Different subdistros: One XUBUNTU, and the rest UBUNTU
-Tried CD-RW media burned at 4X
The only things I have left to try are:
-No longer using Ubuntu 7xx or Feisty Fawn builds
-Find a different burning program (aka Nero, but even different builds of the program on the different machines with either the LiteOn or NEC burner.)
Based on what I have read here, I am going to download a 6.06 disc and try that. Here’s hoping!
I was able to install both Ubuntu 6 (EE) and Xubuntu 6 (EE) on the Dell with no problems. I expect the same behavior to follow with the IBM Netfinity 5100 / X series 230. I have to say it’s just truly odd.
Good luck to those who might find this page with similar problems; you aren’t crazy and all is not lost; the Feisty Fawn distro has a really strange bug.
same thing here on a Power Edge 2450.
Trying the 6.06.1->7.10 route…
The installer stops for me at 21% while “retrieving libc-udeb”.
I have a PE2450 with the PERC3/si on the board with raid enabled. WinXP installs fine. Dell FW is A09 and the PERC3/si is 2.7-1 build 3571 and the AIC 7899 reports FW 25316.
I’ve tried all combinations of RAID/NORAID 7899 channel A and B. (B was only a non-raid as only channel A supports hardware raid)
The errors seem to be related to the CDROM. ATA1.00 gets frozen softreset hardreset lots of timeouts and other errors. Eventually, the installer dies with a bad MD5 on that package.
But, it isn’t a bad CD drive or a bad disk.
When I boot to XP the CDROM appears to have no errors (I can copy the contents to the HDD with no errors) and I’ve re-burned about 5 copies of the installer CD too… and had 3 different machines boot into ubuntu and verify that the disks are ‘correct’ via the provided boot menu option.
Since tony didn’t post back, I’m going to optimistically assume that he got it working by going that route.
Wish me luck!
Just a note to confirm….
–Ubuntu 6.06.2 server
–WORKS with no problems.
However, if you need Xwindows you still have a bit of work to do after the installation completes.
(BTW… whew, I was going to create another Gentoo server if this didn’t work.)
Well, not 100% problem free, there are still some SCSI messages in my logs, so I’ll have to fix that, but I can do it without having to try cross-compiling kernels!