December 11, 200817 yr Hi there, I'm trying to upgrade from 4.4 Beta 2 to either 4.4 final or (preferably) 4.5 Beta 1. Here's what I did: - downloaded the 4.4 Final and 4.5 Beta 1 from the web site (three times to ensure the files were not corrupted or anything of the sort) - stopped the array and attached the flash drive to my computer - extracted the server image files and copied the files bzroot, bzimage and memtest to my flash drive - boot the array The issue I'm having with both releases is that it's getting stuck loading the bzroot file and it doesn't move from there. It displays a few rows of dots to indicate progress and then stops. If I copy the files from 4.4 Beta 2 the array boots and starts properly, so there is nothing wrong with the flash drive or the array. I tried this procedure a couple of times and always the same results. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm looking forward to trying the NFS feature in 4.5 Beta 1. Thanks in advance. If it matters to any of this I'm running a Pro license with 6 x 1 TB SATA drives (currently there are only 4 active drives in the array).
December 11, 200817 yr Hi there, I'm trying to upgrade from 4.4 Beta 2 to either 4.4 final or (preferably) 4.5 Beta 1. Here's what I did: - downloaded the 4.4 Final and 4.5 Beta 1 from the web site (three times to ensure the files were not corrupted or anything of the sort) - stopped the array and attached the flash drive to my computer - extracted the server image files and copied the files bzroot, bzimage and memtest to my flash drive - boot the array The issue I'm having with both releases is that it's getting stuck loading the bzroot file and it doesn't move from there. It displays a few rows of dots to indicate progress and then stops. If I copy the files from 4.4 Beta 2 the array boots and starts properly, so there is nothing wrong with the flash drive or the array. I tried this procedure a couple of times and always the same results. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm looking forward to trying the NFS feature in 4.5 Beta 1. Thanks in advance. If it matters to any of this I'm running a Pro license with 6 x 1 TB SATA drives (currently there are only 4 active drives in the array). Your situation sounds a lot like the one described in the wiki here: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=USB_Flash_Drive_Preparation#If_the_Flash_will_not_boot.2C_read_over_the_following_tips Part way down the tips it suggests a new 3.63 version of syslinux might be needed. Note: you do not have to reformat the drive to run the new syslinux on it. Make sure you use the "-ma" option when you run syslinux. Quote from Wiki: If it appears as if the flash drive gets part way through the boot process but stops when loading bzroot, you may need to use the latest version of syslinux
December 11, 200817 yr Author Awesome! That totally fixed the issue. I downloaded the latest Syslinux from their web site (3.72). Just booted the box and everything is perfect. Running 4.5 Beta 1. Thank you very much.
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