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08-13-2003 11:30 AM
08-13-2003 11:30 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
My workaround and very simple is to attached an external CD. I didnot used the internal CD drive at all.
I used Sony CD-R/CR-RW/CD-ROM 48x/12x/48x w/ usb connection and the installation went thru smoothly.
I think you can use any external CDrom and it will work fine.
You don't have to buy RH AS 2.1 for this installation to work......
al
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08-13-2003 11:57 AM
08-13-2003 11:57 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
I also was using the FREE version of Redhat 9 ie, the download, not the expensive AS 2.1.
Free server OS, free floppy disk download, no extra hardware to buy ie, an external cdrom... problem fixed.
Less than 15 seconds for download, 1 minute to write the floppy, one minute to boot the floppy. Problem solved.
This fix should work for ANY server. Its not a Dell specific fix.
I dont have an external cdrom and if i did i wouldnt want to use the server's usb1.1 connection... what a horrendously slow prospect that would be. usb 2.0 would be nice but why bother when i have a perfectly good cdrom built in to the server already.
Bottom line, if you have a new server, you shouldnt have to buy / use additonal hardware to make the d*mn thing work.
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08-21-2003 10:41 PM
08-21-2003 10:41 PM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
Just for info, RH9 is not supported on Proliant servers
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/os-support-matrix-310.pdf
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hpLinuxcert-dl.html
Vic
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08-26-2003 12:20 PM
08-26-2003 12:20 PM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
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10-17-2003 02:29 AM
10-17-2003 02:29 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
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10-17-2003 06:14 AM
10-17-2003 06:14 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
Problem Description
A CD-ROM based install of Red Hat Linux 9 Professional fails on certain ProLiant servers. The install fails to find the CD-ROM drive and prompts the user to select the type of install to perform. If CD-ROM is selected the install will again fail to find the drive and the user will end up in an endless loop until another choice is made.
Symptoms
The RH9 installation boots but prompts for the location of the installation files and cannot locate them on the CD media.
Cause
This is a bug in the ide driver that affects CD-ROM access in the installation kernel only.
After the installation is complete, the
installed kernel does not contain the bug and functions correctly.
IMPORTANT NOTE: even if Hp has provided
the fix, RH 9 is not certified (by Hp) with ProLiants server: check at http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hpLinuxcert.html
RedHat has been given the fix to insure that AS 3.0 (based on RH9) won't have
this issue.
Resolution/Workaround
The fix is in the form of a boot floppy that is used in conjunction
with the installation CD.
The readme and floppy images are available externally here:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com:21/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/RedHa
t/bootdisk.rhl9.readme
ftp://ftp.compaq.com:21/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/RedHa
t/bootdisk.rhl9dl.img
ftp://ftp.compaq.com:21/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/RedHa
t/bootdisk.rhl9us.img
An updated boot floppy has been created and can be downloaded from: ftp.compaq.com The floppy is created by using either dd or rawrite.
dd can be used as follows:
dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
rawrite can be used as follows:
rawrite
Specify the name of the image file when prompted
Specify the "A:" drive when prompted for destination drive.
Once you have created the updated boot floppy, boot the above mentioned ProLiant server on the floppy. You may insert the CD-ROM at any time after the server begins booting on the updated floppy. If prompted, select "install from CD-ROM" and insert the Red Hat Linux 9 Professional CD when prompted.
Installation should continue as normal.
Note: There are two versions of this updated boot disk.
* bootdisk.rhl9us.img is only for retail boxed Red Hat Linux 9 purchased in the US where the md5sum for CD #1 is: "cd8872f2e2e3a42f548ed1bf947709f0".
* bootdisk.rhl9dl.img is for the supported/retail boxed Red Hat Linux 9 purchased outside the US where the md5sum for CD #1 is: "50f414a2135d093a02704b4b513f92ba" or the unsupported version downloaded from sites such as linuxiso.org where the md5sum for CD #1 is: "400c7fb292c73b793fb722532abd09ad".
The md5sum of the updated floppies are as follows:
c2d235cf7c05030e8ae7d849421d4f01 bootdisk.rhl9dl.img 51fd0ef3d8d6c654d17b61e6f7b12fa4 bootdisk.rhl9us.img
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10-20-2003 02:15 AM
10-20-2003 02:15 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
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10-21-2003 08:47 PM
10-21-2003 08:47 PM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
That's it!!
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11-09-2004 11:49 AM
11-09-2004 11:49 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
The fan noise is killing me.
Thanks
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11-19-2004 01:06 AM
11-19-2004 01:06 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
I don't know much of Linux , at least, not as indepth as many of the entries above as I'm new to it. However, I've noticed it said that when an external drive or second CD-ROM is used, the installation works. I also picked up that /dev/hda seems to be a problem.
Isn't it possible that a bug lies with the device driver used by RH 9 in which the CD-ROM is reverenced by /dev/hda. Is there no way to change this to /dev/hdc during boot-up, or sending it this as a parameter.
The reasoning behind this is that once the system is installed successfully, /dev/cdrom is anyhow a soft link to /dev/hdc. Maybe I've got it all wrong, but from what was mentioned, i.e. when a second CD-ROM is used (/dev/hdb), the installation runs without problems.
This is not as a solution, but just to help get my thinking patern right, thus helping my knowledge of Linux grow.
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01-13-2005 04:11 PM
01-13-2005 04:11 PM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/bootdisk.rhl9dl.img
but it can't fit in to 1.44MB floppy disk.
that img file size 1.40MB, but max available
for a blank floppy disk only 1.38MB.
please help.
thank you.
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04-28-2005 07:13 AM
04-28-2005 07:13 AM
Re: RedHat Linux 9 Installation problems
try to use these boot ISO images i made and put to this website http://www.luckyweb.info/linux/
Wish you more luck.
Bonoman.
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