RH 7.3 Kickstart install on DL360G3.

[AYMERIC LAURENT]

I've installed one DL360G3 with default RH 7.3 CD set. I want to use the initrd.img and vmlinuz generated by RH at the end of the install for KS install, but I got the following error message when booting on:

Failed to insert module bcm5700.

I've checked that the bcm5700.o driver is effectivelly in the module.cgz file downloaded from KS server.

Any idea about?

Thanks.

[Steven E. Protter]

There have been problems with that driver with Compaq/HP servers in many distibutions of Linux. MAke sure you have the latest, preferably from HP, install it again and try again.

SEP

[Roberto Polli]

Did yo do a 'straightforward' installation?

Using RH8 you shoudn't have problems and after installation you can make a script for installing the PSP-new kernel and new modules on all the machines.

ELSE

To use the PSP kernels and initrd during ks installation you have to
re-pack a new kernel and substitute kernel with your new kernel-custom.rpm in ks.config


Hope it Helps,
Peace, R

[AYMERIC LAURENT]

I've downloaded, compiledand installed latest bcm5700.o driver from HP Website, still same pain ...
"Failed to insert module bcm5700".
and in the F3 screen, "bcm5700.o not found"

When booted, the loader propose me a choice of NIC drivers (like e100, e1000, ...) and whatever the one I pick up, the error messages above are the same.

It seems that the loader doesn't find any of the initrd NIC drivers. I used the recommanded method to change the initrd (copy of drivers in the 2.4.8... directory, gzip, cpio the modules.cgz, module-info and pcitable modified).

Is there something else to check before repacking the initrd?

Thanks all for your time.

[AYMERIC LAURENT]

BTW,

Can you tell me the command to check with drivers are embedeed within the kernel (not loaded as modules)?

Thanks you all.

[Stuart Browne]

RH7.3 isn't a supported OS for DL360's.

Unless you've downloaded the kernel source, and compiled it against the RH7.3 BOOT kernel's source, it's never going to insert as a kick-start.

I went through this recently for RH8, and had to re-make the boot-initrd for this to work.

It can be done, but is a bit convoluted and twisted. I think I wrote some of the steps involved in another thread here, can't recall..

[Roberto Polli]

the installation kernel is different from the kernel placed in the /boot/
so during installation you can't use non standard modules.

Anyway you can add PSP packages at the end of installation modifying the ks.config

Pax, R.