Re: Problem installing RH7.2 on HP Proliant ML150 server

From: nwjb (j.bratieres.invalid.paspub_at_online.fr)
Date: 08/18/05 

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:59:50 +0200

Le Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:36:47 +0200, Trog Woolley <trog@email.fake> a écrit:

> While stranded on the hard shoulder of the information super highway
> j.bratieres.invalid.paspub@online.fr typed:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Due to historical reasons (other servers with same OS) , we have to
>> install RedHat linux 7.2 on a new HP proliant ML150 server with an
>> adaptec
>> 2120S raid card (which is RH 7.2 supported) supplied by HP.
>> We formatted the 3 x 36GB drives to a 72 GB raid 5 array.
>> We could not find the RH 7.2 drivers for this card on HP site so we
>> downloaded it from adaptec and created the floppy with it.
>> We also have an update anaconda floppy.
>> Running rh install (linux dd noprobe updates)
>> we put the driver floppy when asked to and the
>> install crashes with signal 11.
>
> I've just installed a series of Proliant DL380s and I could only
> get FC4 to install. The problem that I had is the same as this
> www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2004-December/msg00410.html
> Our Proliants had a 6i controlller rather than a 5i; if they
> had the 5i then I think that FC3 would have worked. It is
> possible that your raid card is too new for the driver from
> the adaptec web site.
>
> Do you really need RH7.2? A later distro might well solve your
> problem, not to mention give you improved security.
>
Thanks , FC4 runs OK . The customer WANTS RH72 since all his other servers
are
RH7.2.
Since then:
Things have gone on...
In fact there were two problems:
.the driver floppy was bad
.the noprobe command when booting installation CD must not be issued
(found in adaptec knowledge base)

SO: ... we successfully installed RH 7.2 BUT , alas,
when booting we had the following:

spurious error 8259A interrup IRQ 7
AAC0 ... several messages (version ...)
scsi0 aacraid
Partition check
sda : sda1 sda2 <sda5 sda6>
Mounting /proc
Creatins root device
Mounting root file system
Mount: error 19 Mounting ext2
pivot root:pivot-root (...) failed : 2
kernel panic: No init found

Thanks for any idea (we are thinking of downgrading the raid controller
firmware ?) 

-- 
J.Bratières

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