topic Re: Install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2 in Operating System - Linux

Install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2

Miguel Lagos_1 — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:09:47 GMT

I want to install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2

Configuration:

- Integrated Ata Raid Controller

- Two IDE Hard Disks RAID 1 (both master)

- IDE CD-ROM to IDE Controller as master.

Problem: RH9 boots from the CD but after loading the kernel appears the message:
"The Red Hat CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives. Please insert the Red Hat Linux CD and press OK to retry."

I tried "boot: linux hde=cdrom", but it doesn't work.

The CD is good (I tested it in another computer).

Please help me!!!

Miguel Lagos

Re: Install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 05:24:11 GMT

Miguel,

RHL 9 has some kernel bug, so installation from CD is a problem on many servers.

RHL 9 isn't sertificied for servers, I suggest to use RHEL 2.1.

See

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x7438648175aa5d449a1af50f62057642,00.html

for more

Regards,
Vitaly
PS: of course, you can use install from harddisk/ftp/nfs

Re: Install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2

Stuart Browne — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:30:59 GMT

RH8 should work, with the updated drivers from HP.

I agree with Vitaly about the issues using RH9. CDROM drivers are screwy, and not all of the drivers are supported.

Re: Install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2

Gianluca Cecchi — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:40:02 GMT

Hello,

Hp has developed a fix for the broken installation process that affects at
least the following list of ProLiant servers:
320
330G2
350G3
360G3
370G3
380G3
530G3
570G2
580G2
760

The fix is in the form of a boot floppy that is used in conjunction
with the installation CD.

The readme and floppy images are available externally here:

ftp://ftp.compaq.com:21/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/RedHat/bootdisk.rhl9.readme
ftp://ftp.compaq.com:21/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/RedHat/bootdisk.rhl9dl.img
ftp://ftp.compaq.com:21/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/RedHat/bootdisk.rhl9us.img

Symptom:
The RH9 installation boots but prompts for the location of the installation files and cannot locate them on the CD media.

Cause:
This is a bug in the ide driver that affects CD-ROM access in the installation kernel only.
After the installation is complete, the
installed kernel does not contain the bug and functions correctly.

IMPORTANT NOTE: even if Hp has provided
the fix, RH 9 is not certified (by Hp) with ProLiants server: check at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hpLinuxcert.html

RedHat has been given the fix to insure that AS 3.0 (based on RH9) won't have
this issue.

Instructions:
- dd the image to a floppy:
dd bs=36b < bootdisk.img > /dev/fd0

- Boot the server and enter the ROM based setup (F9), select the
"Standard
Boot Order (IPL)" entry and select the floppy as the first boot device

- Insert both the boot floppy and the RedHat CD #1 and boot the system

HIH.

Bye,
Gianluca

PS: vote please... ;-)

Re: Install RH9 in Proliant ML330 G2

Miguel Lagos_1 — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:33:50 GMT

Thank you guys, I'll try RH8, I don??t have the money to buy RHAS (and RH8 it's free to download).

Yes I can intall from HD RH9, but I didn't find a driver for the megaraid IDE controller for RH9, but there is one for RH8 here:
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/17241.html

Maybe it works with RH9, but I don??t know how many problems I can find later.

Agree with you guys RH8 it's the right way.

Thank you again.