HP PROLIANT ML 350 G3

[marco_84]

I just bought a Proliant ML 350 G3, with 2 proccesor XEON 2gh, i want to install Red Hat Advanced Server v 2.1 but i recieve the following message:

"An error has ocurred - no valid device were found on wich to create new filesystem. Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem."

i think the HP smart array 641 controller needs a driver, then i got the disk driver cpq_cciss-2.4.48-3.rh21.i386.dd from the web page h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/download/19863.html but the proliant give me the same error

Please could you HELP ME!!

[BR725352]

Marco: there is a later driver @

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/18859.html

Also check you have ALL relevant drivers etc. from

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/88_4678.html

HTH

Phillip

[marco_84]

Excuseme, but i don-t understand the drive is in RPM, but the proliant not is installed yet. then how get a disk driver and not rpm??.

I hope i am in a mistake, please give a tip how can i install with RPM?


Marco

[CA467151]

How far along in the install (the Linux install) do you get? I just want to verify you have completed the following steps BEFORE starting the Linux install:

1. for the RBSU & set the Smart Array 641 as the boot controller.

2. Then on reboot, for ORCA (Option Rom Configuration for Arrays). Configure a RAID array here.

3. Begin the Linux install. How are you trying to install - booting directly from the Red Hat CD?

[marco_84]

How far along in the install (the Linux install) do you get?

Until disk Partitioning setup

I just want to verify you have completed the following steps BEFORE starting the Linux install:

yes

1. for the RBSU & set the Smart Array 641 as the boot controller.

Done

2. Then on reboot, for ORCA (Option Rom Configuration for Arrays). Configure a RAID array here.

Done

3. Begin the Linux install. How are you trying to install - booting directly from the Red Hat CD?

Yes

I done again the three steps but i get the same problem.

I have another Proliant ML 370 G2 with Red Hat AS 2.1 and oracle 9i , it was installed without problems.

[marco_84]

Hello Terri

I done that you said, but the problem with Red Hat AS 2.1 continue.
I installed Windows 2000 Server and its works fine, i had problem installing from Smart Start then i installed from windows 2k directly. now the proliant its working. but with windows 2000 and i need install Red Hat AS 2.1

The Win2k is working with raid 5.

The Red Hat AS 2.1 is for i386, it works with Xeon??

Please Help me

[CA467151]

Let me back up again here.

1. What SmartStart CD version do you have?

2. What happens if you boot first from SmartStart, select the OS, then put in the Linux 2.1 Enterprise CD when prompted for OS CD?

[marco_84]

Terri

The proliant was installed with pq_cciss-2.4.44-rhAS2.1.dd.gz


Thanks a lot

[BR811530]

Hi Marco,

I have exactly the same problem but with ML310. We have tried this with red hat 7.2/7.3 too for which the official support exists from HP.

We have also tried getting update disk for Anaconda from Red Hat website but to no avail.

I think the problem lies with the SA642 since it's a 64Bit PCI card. There is such issue with SA532 (32 bit PCI card) but unfortunately the SA532 is now absolete.

if someone from HP is listening please help us out ...