RHL 8.0 installation prob on ML350G3

[D.V. Satya Prasad]

I tried to install RHL 8 after setting the following:

Processor: intel xeon 2.4ghz(1 unit)
hyper threading: enabled
OS type : linux

Configured the smart array controller(raid 5 with three hdds) as my boot controller.

RH CD 1 starts booting but fails to identify the boot device. I have tried to add device. This does not display smart array 642 driver. So I downloaded the driver disk img from hp and tried to load it using F2 in this screen. The system accesses the disk for a second or so... then displays the device list again. It does not use the driver in the disk. Please help me in resolving this issue.

thanks in advance
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Satya Prasad

[Bill Wood_3]

Please provide the link to the disk image you downloaded. Also provide the steps you used to create the floppy.

[D.V. Satya Prasad]

The driver disk image is downloaded from
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/download/19866.html

The file downloaded was cpq_cciss-2.4.46-rh8.0.dd.gz

Then I exploded the file with gzip -d

and dumped the image to floppy using cmd

dd if=cpq_cciss-2.4.46-rh8.0.dd of=/dev/fd0

[D.V. Satya Prasad]

I am sorry. I've goofed up on two things.

I've used gzip -d instead of gunzip.

I failed to read the page fully. It is clearly mentioned to use boot time commnad as 'linux updates dd'. I was trying to add device.

With these two corrections, my RAID volume is recognized and installation started.

thanks for the timely response.