Computers are frustrating!
Tags: Software
So yesterday a colleague of mine and I set out to build a couple of servers - one for him, one for one of my clients. Pretty basic boxes with Gigabyte motherboards, AMD processors, gobs of RAM and hard drive space. We're using Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) as the host and VirtualBox to run virtual servers.
So we get the machines built and start installing Ubuntu with RAID1. It's not a straightforward install but I've done it before and found some good resources. We're both partitioning our drives and marking one bootable. Or rather, I am. The text-based alternate installer just won't let Rob flip the bootable flag on his. Mine works fine, his just won't go. We try 3 other versions of Ubuntu, all with the same results.
OK, let's recap - similar (I know, not EXACTLY the same but really close) hardware, same software, two completely different results. Some web searches find one complaint with the same problem but no solutions. Great. This is why we have grey hair.
Ultimately he ended up installing the LILO bootloader while I stuck with the more standard GRUB. Both of our machines are working now and we'll probably never know why he had the hiccup. Meanwhile, I have another machine that just won't take the latest VirtualBox upgrade. The one that should fix the bug that's plaguing one of my networks. Sigh...
So yesterday a colleague of mine and I set out to build a couple of servers - one for him, one for one of my clients. Pretty basic boxes with Gigabyte motherboards, AMD processors, gobs of RAM and hard drive space. We're using Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) as the host and VirtualBox to run virtual servers.
So we get the machines built and start installing Ubuntu with RAID1. It's not a straightforward install but I've done it before and found some good resources. We're both partitioning our drives and marking one bootable. Or rather, I am. The text-based alternate installer just won't let Rob flip the bootable flag on his. Mine works fine, his just won't go. We try 3 other versions of Ubuntu, all with the same results.
OK, let's recap - similar (I know, not EXACTLY the same but really close) hardware, same software, two completely different results. Some web searches find one complaint with the same problem but no solutions. Great. This is why we have grey hair.
Ultimately he ended up installing the LILO bootloader while I stuck with the more standard GRUB. Both of our machines are working now and we'll probably never know why he had the hiccup. Meanwhile, I have another machine that just won't take the latest VirtualBox upgrade. The one that should fix the bug that's plaguing one of my networks. Sigh...
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