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Redhat Linux on Itanium

Tweety — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:52:49 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to install Redhat Linux ES 3.0 on Itanium rx1600 using HP Enablement Kit for Linux. I selected option 2 "Install Linux from distributor media" but it always picks the 1st option "Recover factory pre-configured image".

And it gives me the message, "You have choosen to recover a preconfigured system image from CD. Put the sytem recovery CD in the drive..."

I am unable to install linux as such. Please help.

I downloaded HP Enablement Kit for linux from this website

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?locBasepartNum=ux-22935-1〈=English

Thanks,
Tweety

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:22:41 GMT

This unusual behavior sometimes results from Console TERM settings.

Is this a graphical install attempt, or more of a console, text windows type install?

SEP

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Ivajlo Yanakiev — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:22:07 GMT

did you try regular Redhat AS or ES (64bit ) version from Redhat site ?
It work nice :)

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

HGN — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:37:36 GMT

Hi

If you try and download the iso image from the RedHat site it works, we have downloaded and installed AS different updates.

Rgds

HGN

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Tweety — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:20:59 GMT

Hi Steve,

This is not a graphic install. It is console installation. I tried to set "console=ttyS0" but no use.

Tweety

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Tweety — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:10:42 GMT

Dumb terminal connected through serial port does not display anything, except a blinking cursor on the top left corner.

I think I pressed cntr-F and set console=ttyS0 at kernel options: prompt of the HP enablement kit for Linux Menu. After that, it did not responded properly. I rebooted the HP machine and cannot see any display on the dump terminal.

Note: I tried different options. TERM=vt100 etc...I do not remember exact sequence of events.

If someone knows which file I need to change, please let me know.

Someone please help.

Thanks in advance,
TWT.

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Tweety — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:11:14 GMT

Dumb terminal connected through serial port does not display anything, except a blinking cursor on the top left corner.

I think I pressed cntr-F and set console=ttyS0 at kernel options: prompt of the HP enablement kit for Linux Menu. After that, it did not responded properly. I rebooted the HP machine and cannot see any display on the dump terminal.

Note: I also tried different options like TERM=vt100 etc...I do not remember exact sequence that I followed.

If someone knows which file I need to change so that I can see the display in the monitor, please let me know.

Someone please help.

Thanks in advance,
TWT.

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Tweety — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:40:52 GMT

I got my console back but still have the problem selecting a menu option. i.e., it always selects "Recover a preconfigured system image" no matter what I select. Thus unable to go to the install part at all.
TWT

Re: Redhat Linux on Itanium

Ivajlo Yanakiev — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:40:57 GMT

EFI select what will be you console.
Use EFI menu to set consola that fit you.