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тАО08-20-2003 05:23 PM
тАО08-20-2003 05:23 PM
RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
I need to put two OS's on my compaq 1600, Im pretty new to the whole server setup. Does smart start support installation of two OS's?
Is there anywhere I can go to explain how to do this like documentation for smart start?
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тАО08-21-2003 03:20 AM
тАО08-21-2003 03:20 AM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
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тАО08-21-2003 05:25 AM
тАО08-21-2003 05:25 AM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
I need to know if it can be done and how I would go about doing that? I just purchased the server and I want to make sure that I can run two OS's otherwise my use for the server is pointless.
I need to test PHP applications on a Linux background as well as a Windows background for my clients.
Is there a manual for smart start or something?
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тАО08-21-2003 10:37 AM
тАО08-21-2003 10:37 AM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
What is your hard disk configuration ? Do you have a Smart Array controller ?
There should be some info on the CD. I've got Compaq/HP course manuals but they are not available online (AFAIK).
Which SmartStart version do you have ? 5.50 is the last one that supports P1600 servers.
Do you have any experience with SmartStart ? Here's a short summary:
To use SmartStart to install a server the server must be 'unconfigured'. This can be done with the System Erase Utility.
SmartStart offers three installation modes:
Integrated Installation - installs operating system including all drivers and system management apllications. It's not difficult to use; just follow instructions.
Replicated Installation - install several identical systems using a replication profile
Manual Installation - does some basic configuration like running system configuration, configuring drive array, create system partition and offer to create driver disks.
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тАО08-21-2003 02:03 PM
тАО08-21-2003 02:03 PM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
The copy of Smart Start that I have is version 5.5 so that is good.
Can I run the integrated install with un-supported OS's because to my knowledge I dont think you can?
You have been a great help so far, and I have been reading in alot of forums and the word seems like REDHAT 9 will run pretty flawlessly on my 1600.
Have you hear anything like this?
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тАО08-21-2003 02:06 PM
тАО08-21-2003 02:06 PM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
I have a Smart Array Controller and I do not have any exprience with Smart Start.
The drive config is:
1 floppy drive
A CD ROM
4 9.3 Wide Ultra SCSI hard drive.
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тАО08-21-2003 11:39 PM
тАО08-21-2003 11:39 PM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
I'd install Win2K via Smartstart and do a manual installation for Red Hat. I've never installed Red Hat 9 but some time ago I did a test install of SuSE Enterprise 7 on a DL380G2. OS installation itself was easy. Installation of Insight Manager Agents and ACU-XE (web based array configuration utility) was more difficult but it worked after I read the docs and then followed instructions :)
To get familiar with SmartStart I suggest you try it. If it fails run System Erase to 'unconfigure' the server (also erases the drives).
BTW Smartstart will ask for a profile disk. If you don't have it just format a floppy disk and create an empty file named SPD.INI.
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тАО08-22-2003 05:35 AM
тАО08-22-2003 05:35 AM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
I heard however from someone that you cant boot from a Raid drive and that I would have to install the OS's on a seperate IDE drive(with 2 partitions one for Linux and one for Win2k).
I need clarification on this, is this true?
Thanks
Jon
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тАО08-22-2003 06:42 AM
тАО08-22-2003 06:42 AM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
Win2K cannot boot from a SOFTWARE RAID 5 (disk striping with parity) drive. It can boot from SOFTWARE RAID 1 (mirrored) drive.
Hardware RAID with SMART RAID controller works different. The RAID controller takes the physical drives and depending on the configuration reports logical drives to the operating system. The OS will only see these logical drives and will not notice that there actually are several physical drives.
So if you've got a SMART RAID controller then you can install the OS on any RAID level that is supported by the controller. Different RAID levels offer different performance and logical disk size and it depends upon the purpose of the server (file server, database server, application server, terminal server...) what is best for that specific configuration.
Before you install the OS SmartStart will execute the Array Configuration Utility (ACU) where you can assign physical drives to arrays and create logical drives. The OS will see these logical drives as if they were 'real' drives.
Examples:
4 9GB drives configured as RAID 0
OS will see one 36 GB drive
If one drive fails everything is lost.
4 9GB drives configures as RAID 0+1 (mirrored)
OS will see one 18 GB drive.
Up to two drives can fail without data loss.
4 9GB drives configured as RAID 5
OS will see one 27 GB drive.
One drive can fail without data loss.
4 9GB drives configured as RAID 5 + HotSpare
OS will see one 18 GB drive.
One drive can fail without data loss. The Hotspare will be used automatically to replace failed drive and rebuild data. After rebuild is finished another drive can fail without data loss.
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тАО08-22-2003 07:25 AM
тАО08-22-2003 07:25 AM
Re: RedHat 9 and Windows 2000 on Compaq Proliant 1600
I cannot tell you how much you've helped me.
Besides to say again I apprecaite the time that you've spent dealing with my issues.
Again I cannot thank you enough.
If I have any other questions I will be sure to post them.
Thanks.
Jon