topic Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1 in Operating System - Linux

hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:47:57 GMT

Hello i'd like to install Suse Linux
Professional 9.1 on our HP Netserver LH3, but the operating system does
not recognize the RAID Disck controller on board. Can you tell please is
there are some drivers for linux for the RAID device? Thank you very
much in advance.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

xyko_1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:10:21 GMT

Hi Alan,

can you tell me what the model of your raid controller is ?

Xyko

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:45:25 GMT

Hi as i can see
is:
MegaRAID LD0 RAID5 26031R
thank you

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

xyko_1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:35:33 GMT

Alan,
Do you have another operating system (ie. Windows) running on that server ?
If not, did you configure your raid controller before atempting to install SuSe ?
When you try to install SuSe, the instalation process don't recognise any disk ?

As far as I know MegaRaid controllers are fully suported on Linux for a long time.

Please, go to http://www.oldham.gov.uk/mccall/linux/
and see if it helps you.

Regards,
Xyko

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:40:33 GMT

well the situation is very strange..
1 year ago i've installed (and now is running on) SuSe linux enterprise server 8...
Now i'd to install on the same machine the Linux Professional 9.1 due to some licencing problems..i've tried to install also fedora ..but nothing ..no distribution seems to recognize the RAID controller..

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

xyko_1 — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 11:26:07 GMT

Please,
attach a file with the output of :

dmesg
cat /proc/pci
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
lsmod
/etc/modules.conf

Meanwhile, verify if there is a newer firmware for the controller.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:31:44 GMT

hi..
thanx a lot for helping me
here attached the informations required

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

xyko_1 — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:08:46 GMT

Alan,

Your megaraid is a LSI one and I think there is a problem in SuSe 9.1 to identify this controller on boot.

Download instructions and a new driver on http://www.lsilogic.com/downloads/license.do?id=2000&did=7776&pid=2409

and please give me news about your progress.

Good luck.
Xyko

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Mike Sumpter — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:05:54 GMT

Alan,

Have you had any success with the drivers from LSI for Suse 9.1?

I have the same problem, and have downloaded the drivers but not sure how to make the disk with the drivers. Can you help me?

Thanks.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:53:46 GMT

Hi
i'm near the solution :)
Try to follow theese steps:
Boot from Cd
Choose manual installation
Go to Load Kernel Module--->SCSI Module
and select megaraid module (the megaraid is written on the right part)
Go back and select--Start instalaltion

This should work.

After that i've encountered other problems:
1) After the installation, on the first reboot, the system didn't recognize the SCSI disk anymore..so you need:
Boot from Cd
Choose manual installation
Go to Load Kernel Module--->SCSI Module
and select megaraid module (the megaraid is written on the right part)
Go back to Start Installation and select
Start rescue system (or something like that)
Login as root...
modifiy the /etc/fstab (vi /etc/fstab) and put your entry for the HD /dev/sda3 /suse reiserfs defaults 1 1
and save.
create the /suse (or a name as you prefer) and mount here the HD.. mount /dev/sda3
make a chroot..chroot /suse..
Now mount any other partition if not on the sda3, like /boot etc etc...
Now Take a look at /etc/sysconfig/kernel
and check that:
INITRD_MODULES="megaraid reiserfs".
If megaraid is not present..please add it.
After that save the file and make mk_initrd
and reboot..it should be ok.
Tha real problem is if you lunch Yast Online Update and upgrade the kernel...the problem is the same...but in this case i wasn't able to solve it ..with the procedure below...i'n still on it.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:39:35 GMT

Hi i've solved it ..by loading not the megaraid driver but the megaraid-old
Try this if yopu encountered problems
Bye

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Jacobo_3 — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:03:48 GMT

Hello, i have a netserver lh3 with fedora core 2 installed. When i installed it i had no problem and the hard disk was recognized directly by the installation program. Now i've tried to install fedora core 3 in the same server but the installation program doesn`t recognize the hard disk. Could you be so kind to help me?.
Thanks in advance.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:05:37 GMT

hi..i can say i've solved the problem with Suse by using the megaraid-old module

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Jacobo_3 — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:57:02 GMT

OK, but i`m very inexpert and i don`t know how to load a module at boot time. I know tha i can do it but i don`t now how to do it neither when can i get the proper module. I have fedora core 2 installed and running ok. how can i get then proper module and load it at boot time during the instalation of fedora core 3?
I would be very grateful if you could help me.

A lot of thanks in advance.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:00:16 GMT

hi..i'll post you the procedure tomorrow morning..now i have to go
see you

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Jacobo_3 — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:11:04 GMT

OK. Thank you very much.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Jacobo_3 — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:01:09 GMT

Hi Alan,

do you remenber my question? Thank's.
I'm using Fedora Core2 and all is going fine but i'm not able to install Fedora Core 3.

Could you tell me how to load the mergaraid-old driver instead the megaraid?

Thank you.

Jacobo.

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Alan Civita — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:07:23 GMT

hi
sorry ..but i'm really busy at the moment..
you should at first enter in a safe mode shell..
the you can read the pprevious answers to this post..where i've sugested how to edit the fstab..load the module etc..sorry i missunderstood...on fedora i don't know how works the setup system...
on suse if you abort the setup you are redirected to a text mode setup..where you can load kernel modules another things like that..
try look at this and let me know

Re: hp netserver lh 3/lh 3r and SuSe lInux 9.1

Abdul K Idris — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:52:24 GMT

Hi There

I do have Netserver lh3 and I have tried to install sles 9 with manual installation procedure selecting megaraid-old under kernel modules as well as selecting sym53c8xx as I can see this module during post boot up of the system.
I dont have any successs!
Can someone pls advise me how to install sles 9 Please!!!!