Cannot install Fedora 14 on HP Proliant Microserver from USB stick

[wendigo]

Hi all,

I'm completely new here and and also new to Linux so be patient with me please

I recently purchased HP Proliant Microserver with the idea of having it as a home server running Amahi. I added one 2TB hard disk to the already installed 250 GB drive. The Microserver has no cd/dvd drive so I created a bootable pen drive using LiveUSB Creator tool from Fedora 14 installation DVD iso image. However, I ran into problems in the very first phase though I struggled hard, juggling i386, x64, Live images...

Now, for i386 Fedora:
The machine successfully boots from the pen drive but after selecting language and keyboard, the installer does not see the installation image - or even the pen drive at all - saying "No driver found". Then, I can only open "Select Device Driver to Load" (screenshot) where I can only see whole bunch of drivers I have no idea which of to select. I tried "USB mass storage driver for Linux", nothing happened, I'm returned back to "No driver found". Haven't found the "HP NC107i PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter" driver in the list...

x64 Fedora:
Same result, though x64 at least recognizes the HDDs that are already in the box (screenshot) so I can try to use image files unpacked on the second one (ext4 formatted). Then, the installation proceeds till the point of formatting the installation drive when it suddenly "Cannot find ISO 9660 image" (screenshot) and I cannot but Exit.

Live x64 image:
I tried the Live bootable image from the same pen drive - it booted and installed correctly and at the first glance the system was working fine, connecting to the internet, downloading updates etc. However, this is not my option because I didn't have the option to add additional Repository during the installation from Live image (as it is in this guide, search the page for "Add the Amahi repository").

I searched the forum too - this is a very similar issue, though on different hardware and with no solution that suits my needs...

Do you have any ideas why the installation is not working in my setup?

Thanks in advance...

[schorry]

Hey Wendigo,
I've got the same issues by the installation of fedora on mij HP Proliant Microserver. Did you already fixed it?
I olso tried to put the usb stick on the usb port of my motherboard. but without result. It never find the Image on the USB stick.
I created a bootable usb stick with unetbootin. My next option is to install it by using an DVD driver on USB.

[wendigo]

Hi schorry,

In the end I was able to install F14 the desired way though not sure how exactly I managed it...
I borrowed an external (USB) dvd drive which didn't help at first (same issues).

Then I installed F14 from the pen drive using Live image, played around a bit and screwed it up so I ended up doing a reinstall.
And then, a miracle happened.
With F14 already installed, I booted and did a CLEAN full install of F14 using the external dvd drive, following step by step the Amahi guide...

I'm not sure why this worked and whether it might work with a pen drive cause I was happy it finally runs and didn't play around.
Give it a try...
Cheers.

[schorry]

I've tried it with a DVD Drive on USB and the installation went perfect.
I still don't get why it doesn't works with the USB stick.