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тАО03-14-2007 12:04 PM
тАО03-14-2007 12:04 PM
Linux installation on DL360 G5
I am trying to install RHEL 4 on DL360 G5 and it keeps giving me no HDD found. I dont have a FDD in this machine to load the drivers, Can some one help me with this install please?
Thanks in advance
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тАО03-14-2007 05:24 PM
тАО03-14-2007 05:24 PM
Re: Linux installation on DL360 G5
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тАО03-14-2007 07:52 PM
тАО03-14-2007 07:52 PM
Re: Linux installation on DL360 G5
Thanks for the reply.
I previously installed succesfully on another server.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 5)
Please help.
Thanks
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тАО03-14-2007 07:54 PM
тАО03-14-2007 07:54 PM
Re: Linux installation on DL360 G5
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тАО03-14-2007 09:16 PM
тАО03-14-2007 09:16 PM
Re: Linux installation on DL360 G5
If the system to be installed contains a network interface card (NIC) with Pre-Execution Environment (PXE) support then direct install over PXE is possible.
The following steps must be performed to prepare for a PXE installation:
1. Configure the NFS server to export the installation source.
2. Configure the TFTP server necessary for PXE booting.
3. Start/enable the tftp service.
4. Configure the DHCP.
Additionally, configure the NFS server to export the Driver Diskette images and the iSCSI boot/Configuration related code and utilities.
On the PXE server execute the following:
# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default
In this file add the following lines:
label
kernel
append initrd=
initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 dd=nfs:
iboot_install/ddimages/iboot_install_
ks=nfs:
a. Switch on the server.
b. Make sure that Option ROM initialized successfully and is able to login successfully onto the target disk. This can be confirmed by looking at the iSCSI option ROM messages during POST.
c. Press
d. Enter the label number (specified in the above section) at the PXE boot prompt and hit
e. The installation will start pulling the installation sources from NFS server.
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тАО03-19-2007 02:01 AM
тАО03-19-2007 02:01 AM
Re: Linux installation on DL360 G5
ISSUE:
The objective is to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U3 (RHEL4 U3) on a Proliant DL360G5 which does not have a diskette drive. A "driver disk" is required for the Smart Array controller. However, when a device is specified via the USB key, an error message is displayed that indicates that a driver diskette image cannot be found on that device. RHEL V4U3 does not have a driver for HP's SmartArray P400i.
Note that RHEL V4U4 installs without an issue.
SOLUTION:
There are some issues with USB keys being used as driver disks by the installer in some releases prior to U4. For example, this bugzilla report describes what appears to be a similar issue:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=186559
Since the DL360 has no floppy device, either as a real device or through ilo virtual media, the USB key is presented as a scsi device. Here is a workaround:
1. Put the cciss driver disk on an http or ftp site.
2. Boot the first cd of the RHEL4 U3 installation set as follows:
linux nostorage dd=ftp://ip-of-ftp-site/path-to-driver-disk
This will cause the installer to ask you to select the devices to install. One of the options will be to install "Updated CCIS driver". Select this option, and the installer will access the driver disk over the network and avoid the issues with local USB keys.
The nostorage option to the installer is currently undocumented.