Redhat Linux on Itanium

[Tweety]

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

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

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

[HGN]

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

[Tweety]

Hi Steve,

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

Tweety

[Tweety]

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.

[Tweety]

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.

[Tweety]

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

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

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