Centos + ASL Best for New 1and1 server?

damon · Unread post by **damon** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:58 pm

I've ordered one of the new Business I Linux servers to replace an old Root Server III. Since I can start from scratch I want to get everything as right as possible.

What would you suggest? I've read your review of the server and the problems you found, is Centos and ASL ready for these servers?

Any suggestions for how I should proceed will be appreciated.

Damon

Unread post by **scott** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:18 pm

ASL is yes, there is still some work to be done on AOOI for those boxes with the network module. Its fixable, it's just going to be a few more weeks. I'm debating the merits of just waiting for CentOS5 and continuing AOOI development on that.

damon · Unread post by **damon** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:43 pm

I've got the new server I'm trying to figure out if I should just start using it as it is. I need to transfer domains from an old 1and1 root server with RH9 and Plesk 7.16, I think that FC4 and Plesk 8 has to be a major improvement from that.

Are there instructions for setting the server up with Centos 4 if your AOOI isnt' ready? How much would it cost to get you or another expert to set it up right?

Unread post by **scott** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:57 pm

If you call reading the script instructions, then yes.

damon · Unread post by **damon** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:23 pm

If you call reading the script instructions, then yes.

It can be, depending on the script.

I'm not sure what you mean though, I've read your posts about the new servers and AOOI and understood that it's not available for them and you may skip Centos 4 and wait for 5?

Have I got things confused? Is there a set of scripts that just aren't "packaged"? It's no installing the OS that bothers me so much as the combination of the OS and Plesk, and the complication of the 64bit versions.

Just need some guidance or I need to be satisfied with FC4 and get going.

Thanks,

Damon

Unread post by **scott** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:03 pm

Well heres the problem, the CentOS 4 cd does not have the right driver on it for the network card used in those systems. So you can install it, but the network wont work, in fact it cant even see the card.

So to fix it you could either:
1) install the ASL kernel, which does
2) create a kmod package for the newer driver
3) test out some newer CentOS kernels to see if they work with it

All 3 options involve getting packages on a system with no network, basically you'd have to either get them into swap before the install, or relay them through the rescue image. Before I go down that path though (and I will if I have to), I want to see if CentOS5 works cleanly on the system. If it does, than I'm going to option #4 which is to get PSA 8.1 to work on CentOS5, which Im reasonably confident wont be much trouble.

iceuk · Unread post by **iceuk** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:41 pm

I just tried a CentOS 5 (beta) install on one of the new 1and1 servers and everything works ok.. i just had to mount disc1 and disc2.

Unread post by **scott** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:22 pm

Good to hear, could you give me the output of lsmod, and lspci from that system under CentOS5?

iceuk · Unread post by **iceuk** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:30 pm

damn .. i just re-imaged back to FC4

do u want to borrow the server ?

Unread post by **scott** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:51 am

I might, can you send me the output of lspci from FC4?

iceuk · Unread post by **iceuk** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:07 pm

Here it is :

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[root@s15248618 ~]# lspci -v
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
        Capabilities: [e0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] #00 [00fe]
        Capabilities: [fc] #00 [0000]

00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel

00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
        Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
        Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c5
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
        Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
        Capabilities: [e0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at 8800 [size=128]

00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: 66Mhz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at 88c0 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 8880 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        Memory at f2200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
        Memory at f2203000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [44] Debug port
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at 8c00 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
        I/O ports at 8c30 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 8c24 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 8c28 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 8c20 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 8c10 [size=16]
        Memory at f2201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [b0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/2 Enable-
        Capabilities: [cc] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [b8] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [8c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:14.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 10c6
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
        Memory at f2202000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at 8c38 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [f0] #0f [0010]

iceuk · Unread post by **iceuk** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:17 pm

is this the same problem ?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/sh ... ?id=156688

Unread post by **scott** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:44 pm

Yep thats it all right. Good find! I hadn't considered this is a failure inside of anaconda, if thats all it is then in fact CentOS4 does work just fine on that hardware.

iceuk · Unread post by **iceuk** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:58 pm

So is it possible to fix centos 4 for the new 1and1 servers ?

I presume this is whats causing this error:

After placing in the /dev/sdb2 (old swap partition) and rebooting into the centos install program I am met with:-
"Welcome to CentoS 4.4Server" followed by the first few installation screens -Language Selection
- Installation Method ( hard drive)
- select Parition (F2 pressed to bring up disk sdb)
- disk driver source - /dev/sdb2 selected)
- Select driver (CDCentOS-4.4.ServerCD-x86_64.iso)
install exited abnormally

taken from this thread http://www.1and1faq.com/forums/showthre ... 705&page=3

Unread post by **scott** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:20 pm

I think the trick here to get around it is to disable the network configuration part in the ks.cfg, and enable it in the post installation script instead.

Atomicorp

Centos + ASL Best for New 1and1 server?

Centos + ASL Best for New 1and1 server?

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