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Originally Posted by xtb
As I said before, I can format it, partition it and begin installing to it, from the installation DVD only.
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What's running off of the DVD is an OS. It certainly sounds like that OS is seeing/accessing the drive in question.
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Originally Posted by xtb
It usually stops when installing files, usually around 271 out of 350 files, and usually when installing kernal files.
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Hmmm... not sure why the install would stop then. Did you double-check the size of the formatted partition(s)?
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Originally Posted by xtb
Oracle Linux seems to me, to be the perfect choice for a machine used almost exclusively for Oracle database.
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Probably, but, to solve this problem, you might want to try to boot a small live OS first and see if it can read and write to the drive. I would recommend Slitaz Linux, TinyCore Linux or Puppy Linux.
Also, you might want to try to install a simpler, smaller Linux distro, such as Antix. The complexity of the big, rpm, systemd distros that you are attempting to install might be hanging up the process.
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Originally Posted by xtb
Thanks for everyone's suggestions. Now that I know a bit more about SSD's, I am convinced my 11 year old server cannot handle an NVMe PCIe SSD.
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You might worth it double-check the size of the partition(s), and/or try booting/installing a smaller, simpler distro.
