10-17-2010 06:44 AM
Hi
I have a MSP-2RU without any OS configured.
After installing the VSOM from the CD, the vsmc said no valid partions in the repository columns.
Any idea how to fix this issue?
10-17-2010 09:14 AM
You need to configure the following partitions on your OS.
*The amount of space set aside for the SWAP partition should be equal the amount of RAM that installed on the server (e.g. 1GB RAM = 1GB SWAP, 2GB RAM = 2GB SWAP).
Also see attached guides for the OS you are using.
10-17-2010 05:22 PM
Download the VSM 6.3. or 421/621 ISO recovery image from the Cisco Emerging Tech web site.
10-18-2010 12:57 AM
11-22-2010 01:42 AM
Hi Guys,
Thanks for ur inputs.
I did the Raid configuration as per the document, however while installation of the OS i got an error.
It says error while loading GRUB. I igonred the message, but looks like the installtion was not complete.
11-22-2010 06:25 AM
Which GRUB error number did you get (see here)?
11-22-2010 07:44 AM
twice i got
Error 19 : "Loading below 1MB is not supported"
and once
Error 7:Attempt to access block outside partition
I had tried to do fress installations on 3 ocassions.
11-22-2010 11:41 AM
Hi Anthic,
Please verify that you downloaded, burned to DVD and are installing the VSM 6.3 Recovery DVD from this link:
http://www.ciscoet.com/files/vsm63-final-unifiedMSP-recovery-370.iso
Unlike previous versions of the VSM Recovery DVD, the 6.3 version, when used with the FACTORY option (type FACTORY to do a factory install) will wipe your RAID configuration and recreate it for you.
The 2 GRUB errors you mention when considered together could be explained by not having the correct boot and root partition configured, though they could also be explained by a bad physical disk. If you were already using the FACTORY option with the 6.3 recovery DVD we need to look at other possible solutions.
19 : "Loading below 1MB is not supported"
This error is returned if the lowest address in a kernel is below the 1MB boundary. The Linux zImage format is a special case and can be handled since it has a fixed loading address and maximum size.
7 : "Attempt to access block outside partition"
This error is returned if a linear block address is outside of the disk partition. This generally happens because of a corrupt filesystem on the disk or a bug in the code handling it in GRUB (it's a great debugging tool).
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