I installed an HP smart array p400. and having getting the following problem, the system does the partioning and a full installation with out a glitch,however, once the server reboots it goes a a black screen with a blinking cursor.
does any have an idea of what could be causing this?
*no usb devices are plugged *raid controller its plugged on a raiser card but even wiht out it, does not work *I also tryed to install SUSE Server but it does not even see the harddrivers
Edit: Are you sure grub is setup on the correct drive in the bootsector? Try following these steps to ensure it's setup correctly and make sure your bios boots to the first drive.
It could be an X Server problem. When the grub menu loads hit [Esc] and select the Recovery Mode option. When that loads, select the "Attempt to fix the X server" (or similar) option.
Are there any noticeable errors in dmesg? One of the things that bothers me about Ubuntu is there's no clear/concise boot logs like some other distros have.
Also, not programming related. But figured I would help you out.
linux did not like the 8Tb partition. I had to repartition in to a smaller size volume for the root and the rest was mounted as /var