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duane_s

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January 31st, 2007 22:00

Linux on PowerEdge 6450

I have been trying to get ANY form of Linux installed on a PowerEdge 6450 and I have come to the point that I know that it can not be done.
I have tried -
                    linux apic
                    linux noprobe
                    linux ide  = nodma
                    and every other combination you can think of.............
If you search the internet you will see that there are many people with this problem (a little comforting!) but there are no real answers out there................
So now I am asking the experts here any ideas?
I am trying to install Centos 3 (Version 3 because it was my understanding that some people did get it to work!)
The server has-
4 PIII processors (850ghz)
2 gig RAM
3 18 gig hard drives
Perc2-DC (where my problem lies I do believe)
It runs any form of Windows with out a problem!!
 
Please Help!!
Thanks!

gchiu

3 Posts

February 10th, 2007 08:00

Is it possible to use the onboard SCSI controller and forget about the perc 2/dc controller?

I've read that RH supports this controller (American Megatrends ), and is the only supported Linux distro.

I tried installing OpenSuse 10.0 on mine, and it just hung while "searching for info"

billconner

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March 1st, 2007 14:00

Check: http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4-Installing-RHEL4-on-Systems-with-Legacy-Megaraid-Drivers.html Turns out this isn't as ugly as I first thought. Start by installing whatever distribution you intend to use. Do the complete install - forget about the noprobe, dd or rescue, just install and ignore the RAID card. When done and re-booted into the right kernel, you do the megaraid compile using running kernel. Save the file (megaraid.ko) someplace in your home directory and then copy it to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid Now do the rmmod for megaraid_mobx and megaraid_mm and the insmod for the megaraid.ko file. Edit /etc/modprobe.conf. cd to /boot and do the mkinitrd, save the original someplace and copy the new initrd to the current one. You make be able to see the RAID drives (/dev/sd*) already. If not, re-boot. Next use fdisk to create partitions on the newly visible RAID and mkfs to create the file systems. Worked for me ... Bill

gchiu

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March 1st, 2007 16:00

I took the easy way out.

I removed the Perc card, and connected the scsi drives to the internal raid card.

I had to install Suse10 using text mode though. After installing CD1, it appeared to hang, but I took out CD1, rebooted, and it then continued asking for CD2 etc.

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