I am trying to install a fresh version of AlmaLinux v9.3 Full Image to replace centOS Stream 8. I created USB boot disk using the dd command and have checked that the install USB sha256 matches that of the ISO and of the hash from the download page. I can boot the image, but when I attempt to install, it hangs. Any help would be appreciated.
System:
Mobo - Asrock X570M Pro 4
BIOS - 5.60
CPU - Ryzen 5600X
Microcode - A20F10/A20102B
SSD - Saberant Rocket NVMe 4.0
AlmaLinux
v9.3
DVD ISO
SHA-256 : 4a8c4ed4b79edd0977d7f88be7c07e12c4b748671a7786eb636c6700e58068d5
The dd utility doesnāt do any write verification, so itās possible you have a corrupt write to the USB. I suggest verifying the iso and then writing it with livecd-iso-to-disk (from the livecd-tools package) or the Fedora Media Writer instead.
I thought the same thing, but I ran SHA256 on the USB device and it matched and I am able to boot the USB on a Dell OptiPlex 7010 machine with a 3rd gen i5 CPU. Ran the verify/install option and the USB passed the verification and the install GUI loaded after on the Dell machine.
I very much doubt itād the AMD proc. Iāve ran AlmaLinux 8 and 9 on a number of AMD boxes in my dayjob without issue. Iām curious if the 9.2 iso works? If so, you could install that, then dnf updateand youāll be caught up.
Was going to try 9.2 next. Am currently running CentOS Stream 8 and that installed no issue back in the day. Am starting to wonder if a MoBo/BIOS thing with RHEL 9ā¦
So, got 9.2 installed. Had to do the text install option under āTroubleshootingā as the GUI failed to launch. I then used VNC to do install from another system. I selected the āServer with GUIā option and the install completed. However, upon reboot, I was present with a command prompt to login, not a GUI. Not a huge deal as I do everything command line anyway. Then, I ran dnf update, which put the 9.3 version/kernel on the machine. Rebooted andā¦it hangs at
I noticed that as well. I made the USB on an ubuntu system, but there is no ubuntu disk connected. There is a second NVMe in the system with centOS Stream 8 on it. On a root into 9.2 i noticed that the machine named itself āunifiā so i am assuming that reference is just a weird network domain name thing from mu router. I can check the boot args for 9.2 tomorrow.
Iāve found it impossible to boot from an NVMe into 9.3 using 5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3.x86_64. I raised this on talk and Andrew Lukoshko asked if I had an NVMe but Iāve heard nothing since then. I booted using the old kernel (5.14.0-362.13.1.el9_3.x86_64) and then removed the new one (and of course the entry in /boot/loader/entries). Seems to be working finr in this ācut backā configuration.
[Alma9]# lsblk -i
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1 259:0 0 476.9G 0 disk
|-nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 200M 0 part /boot/efi
|-nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1G 0 part
|-nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 20G 0 part
|-nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 16G 0 part [SWAP]
|-nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 40G 0 part /local
|-nvme0n1p6 259:6 0 1G 0 part /boot
|-nvme0n1p7 259:7 0 24G 0 part /
[Alma9]# uname -r
5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3.x86_64
works for me (multiple systems), but that does not prove that it would work on all setups, nor explain issues with install media on USB.
rd.lvm.lv=almalinux_ubuntu/root tells that kernel should activate on boot LVM2 LV ārootā from VG āalmalinux_ubuntuā. The AlmaLinux installer does name VG (if LVM2 is used) by default almalinux_$(hostname), so the installer has most likely received hostname āubuntuā (typically from DHCP). For example, if one has configured the DHCP to hand out specific IP address and name for the MAC of machine.
The āunifiā Iāve seen as product name of Ubiquiti Networks.
