Install RHEL AS 4 on a DL380 G4.

[AnthonySN]

Need to install RHEL AS 4 on a DL380 G4 server, Dual Processor 8GB ram,3*142 GB hdd
I booted with Smart start 7.6 CD and created one logical partition with raid 5.
when i put RHEL As 4 cd and try to boot
it atempts to boot from cd, hard disk,pxe after that it says non-system disk or no disk drive available and again reboots.
please let me know how to install RHEL AS 4 on this particular server.
I read in the forums that we need to provide the smart array controller driver during the installation but in this case it is not at all booting from the RHEL CD so where do i provide the drivers.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

> i put RHEL As 4 cd and try to boot
>it atempts to boot from cd, hard disk,pxe

It seems like you have bad RHEL4 CD. Check md5sum of ISO image and try to burn it again.

[AnthonySN]

how do to Check md5sum of ISO image.
can u pls let me know how it is to be done.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

I suppose that I downloaded RHEL4 ISO images.
If you use RHEL4 ES upd4 see md5 sums below:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 Update 4 (x86)
ISO Size MD5 Checksum
Install Disc 1 173M a8c4a13f27e3ec1a462c0f4092b922fe
Install Disc 2 625M 81f38f85af7f335ccdc981f28b886cee
Install Disc 3 632M 3ce64531d3ed8905d84e1d2a8f309fe9
Install Disc 4 616M 2c3523c425d33d76224f8555aef7a1ee
Install Disc 5 81M dd87fba8f63f6763691ac390ded87f1a

in linux you run

md5sum rhel4-disk1.iso

command and you should see the same a8c4a13f27e3ec1a462c0f4092b922fe .

BTW, can you browse files on your CD on some computer - unix/linux/windows?

[George Liu_4]

I don't think the problem is in the iso.
Could you provide the information of the RAID/DISK?
Also please see one simialr problem with solution below,
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1044581

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

2George
if I understand Anthonys properly, his RHEL install CD doesn't boot:

> i put RHEL As 4 cd and try to boot
>it atempts to boot from cd, hard disk,pxe

[George Liu_4]

Didn't read through. Sorry.
He probably needs to recheck the BIOS to see CDROM is in the boot list.

[Jess Long]

Do not put the CD 1 in the system but boot it. When prompted press to enter the RBSU menu. Then check the 'Boot Order' to ensure that the CD-ROM device is the first item on the list. Also, check to ensure that the storage controller that you want to use is set to the 1st position of 'Boot Controller'.

Now put the CD in the drive and save the configuration changes with then . If your CD is correctly built, the system should boot from it, and you can proceed with the installation. If it does not boot, I suspect your disk CD1 is corrupted.

[AnthonySN]

Hi all,
We have requested RHEL ES 4 cd now.
Since they got the licence for ES.
we will get those cd's in a 2-3 days.
will keep let u all know the status.

[AnthonySN]

Im installing RHEL AS 3 verson 1 on another DL380 G4 server.
I get the below error
< *** An error has occurred no devices were found on which to create new filesystem please check your hardware for the cause of this problem ***>
I downloaded the reqd drives from hp site
and followed the instructions as given there on site but get the error as attached.
can any one help me in using the rawrite utility to copy the scsi drivers.

[AnthonySN]

I have got the floppy ready now,
didn't understand the below line on hp site

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86) will prompt for the Updates Diskette and the ProLiant Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86) Driver Diskette during the installation procedure."

does that mean there are two floppies to be provided during installation, one is updates diskette and 2nd is Proliant RHEL4(x86). or is the psp cd.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I do a lot of Linux installs. I noticed some disturbing issues with AS 4, update 4. It did not wish to boot off an NFS mount point as did ES. ES 4, update 4 has also had this issue intermittantly, forcing us to use install media.

I believe there are some issues, however download error, which should be evident in the iso checksum can cause some of this behavior.

SEP

[AnthonySN]

Can someone please confirm whether we can NOT install RHEL AS 3 on a RAID 5 logical
drive.
I was having problem in installing RHEL AS 3.0 so now im installing rhel AS 3 update 8 on a RAID 5 partition.
pls confirm if its an issue with RHEL on RAID 5.

[Vitaly Karasik_1 · Accepted solution]

>pls confirm if its an issue with RHEL on >RAID 5.

no, no, no!!!
RHEL3 works with RAID 0,1,5,10,...
but RHEL 3 (as every other software) has a list of supported hardware - in our case we're speaking about RAID controller.
you should check this certification matrix and probably check RHEL release notes regarding specific RAID model.

BTW, I suggest to use the latest available RHEL3 update level (8 for now?)

[AnthonySN]

I was able to install RHEL as 3 update 8 successfully.
But im not able to use some basic commands like sar.
there are two cpu's but in top command it show only one cpu,im using the smp kernel while loading.
Also the lock button on the start menu is not locking the screen.
any idea why its so.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

please send us output of:

- sar
- uname -a
- /proc/cpuinfo

[AnthonySN]

When I give the sar command it says command not found.
i will send the output of
-uname -a
- /proc/cpuinfo
later since the server is at a client site.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

as for "sar" utility - you should install "sysstat" RPM.

[AnthonySN]

Can u pls guide me as where i get the rpm for sar utility, soory for being a pain.

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

As Vitaly already mentioned - you need to install the sysstat RPM and you can find it on the installation CD (under path_to_cd/RedHat/RPMS/ )

[AnthonySN]

Pls find the attached output of /proc/cpuinfo
uname -r
though the server has two cpu's it's showing only one in top command.

[AnthonySN]

Smart Array controller card needs atleast one update of RHEL AS 3 to be detected by red hat os.