Interesting... RHEL 5 was released almost the same time those hit production. What errors are you incurring? Maybe a smartphone screenshot of the issue or something to kind of help us help you figure out the problem.
As far as I know, this is an original installation disk. We download the rhel ISO from our intranet. I can ask our main Linux guy if thats what you think it is?
Well the only thing I can think of is swapping hard disks with a known good.
ATA should recognize all the hardware, its not the most efficient or performance worthy but ... its pretty consistent usually. AHCI drivers can be a pain... so.. I would double check with your Linux guy to see if its a modified ISO. Especially if you can't IM... there might be a pre-security provisioned image that your using.
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Interesting... RHEL 5 was released almost the same time those hit production. What errors are you incurring? Maybe a smartphone screenshot of the issue or something to kind of help us help you figure out the problem.
Best Regards,
Steve K. - MCITP, RHCSA
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February 8th, 2012 14:00
See if this works...
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February 8th, 2012 14:00
one more
sicinthemind
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February 8th, 2012 16:00
What is the hard drive setup?
MSI, Intel, or PERC raid controller?
What is the BIOS reflecting for SATA operation?
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February 9th, 2012 07:00
Unfortunately we can't use IM where I am.
As far as I know, this is an original installation disk. We download the rhel ISO from our intranet. I can ask our main Linux guy if thats what you think it is?
sicinthemind
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February 9th, 2012 07:00
Riley,
Is this an original installation or a modified kickstart bootable disk?
You can hit me up in a private message if you use any instant messengers.
Best Regards,
Steve K.
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February 9th, 2012 07:00
Okay, just sent him an email. He says they are originals straight from RedHat.
I'll try using a 780 imaged disk in a 790 and see.
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February 9th, 2012 07:00
We're using some Seagate and Western Digital drives for all our 980's, 780's, and 790's.
In the BIOS, we set SATA operation to ATA.
We only have 3 options under SATA operation:
ATA, AHCI, Disabled. No raid option.
sicinthemind
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Well the only thing I can think of is swapping hard disks with a known good.
ATA should recognize all the hardware, its not the most efficient or performance worthy but ... its pretty consistent usually. AHCI drivers can be a pain... so.. I would double check with your Linux guy to see if its a modified ISO. Especially if you can't IM... there might be a pre-security provisioned image that your using.
Best Regards,
Steve Kline
sicinthemind
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February 9th, 2012 09:00
That could work... Good Luck. Post back if successful.
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February 9th, 2012 14:00
Okay, we're using an imaged drive we setup for a 780 and so far, so good!
Not sure what drivers are missing when we try to setup from a regular RHEL 5.x disk?
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March 11th, 2012 07:00
Hey, I'm facing same problem but I'm sorry couldn't get how you solved the problem.
Honestly, this is my first time to face such problem so would please provide how did you solve it? You used dell drives or what?
Please accept my newbie knowledge :)
Thanks in advance.
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March 12th, 2012 08:00
Thanks a lot for the clarification.
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March 12th, 2012 08:00
We had to setup RHEL 5.x on an Optiplex 780 first, then put that drive in the 790 and it should work.