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June 13th, 2004 22:00
Server Assistant vs. RH ES 3 Install Questions
I've got a copy of Server Assistant which came with my PE 1750 (RAID 5, smp, dual power). The OS is RedHat ES 3.
I've done plenty of installs on a basic Intel box w/ RH 7-9 using RH media.
My server came from the factory w/ a lot of packages I wouldn't ordinarily install. After fooling around trying to uninstall what I don't need, I've decided I'd like to do a reinstall with just the packages I want (basically the packages that support Apache, a customized version of PHP, MySQL, Postfix and nothing else).
I would use the Server Assitant CD, if I could select only the packages I want. Is this possible, or do I have to accept a default set of packages?
Can anyone point me to an install guide, HOW-TO, or other repository of wisdom on RH ES 3 (as it relates to this Dell machine)? Any gotcha's?
If I screw it up, will the Server Assistant CD get me back to the factory install situation?
Thanks,
Mitz
Message Edited by mitz on 06-14-2004 10:04 PM
DELL-Bryan
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July 23rd, 2004 15:00
DSA will only let you choose the OS and the script puts it all in. You could rewrite the script file, burn your own and use it that way. The single biggest limitation of DSA seems to be the 60Gb partition. Generally it is easier to just boot off disk one. Set your mountpoints, choose your RPMs and go. The onboard RAID will use the standard RH driver.
As for putting the server back, just boot to the PERC, initialze the array (wipes it clean), boot from the DSA and follow it through. It can rebuild the drives, install the OS and utilites putting you back to an as delivered condition.
All that is Linux on Dell can be found at:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/red_hat
Message Edited by DELL-Bryan on 07-23-2004 11:22 AM
dexterslab
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August 27th, 2004 05:00
We purchased a Dell PowerEdge 2600 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v3 pre-installed. I re-installed the OS using the OpenManage Server Assistant CD. I have two 146GB configured as RAID 1 and I would like to re-create the partitioning scheme done by Dell. What is the partitioning scheme used by Dell on my system? I was hoping that OpenManage Server Assistant would do the partitioning scheme automatically based on my system's configuration. But what it is really was just some sort of wizard and I still need to set everything. Also, after reinstallation, the first boot screen doesn't appear although the logs says that it executed successfully. And I also notice that there were error messages that appeared during loading although it only appeared during the first boot.
Starting firstboot [ OK ]
mv: cannot stat '/tmp/lnxintelteam.sh': No such file or directory
/bin/chmod: failed to get attributes of '/etc/procfgd/lnxintelteam.sh': No such file or directory
/etc/rc3.d/S99local: line 14: /etc/procfgd/lnxintelteam.sh: No such file or directory
The documentation doesn't even make sense because it says that if I use OpenManage Server Assistant to reinstall the OS, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES, it would install the OS with all the predefined settings and partitioning scheme when it was delivered to us. But I find that difficult to believe with the experience I had using it.
DELL-JamesC
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August 27th, 2004 15:00
I would not recommend using the Server Assistant for Linux installs for 2 reasons. You have no package options. You are getting an 'everything' install, X Windows, everything. The second reason is that you have no control over mount points and partitions. DOSA will create a primary partition for /boot, and extended partition with the rest of the space on SDA, then logical drives for /swap and /. Then everything else, /var, /user, /home, ect...all that goes under /.
I recommend booting off your RHEL 3 disk #1 and manually partition SDA with fdisk then use disk druid to create you mount points or you can use disk druid to partition the disk and create the mount points.
Hope this helps!
mitz
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August 28th, 2004 22:00
James,
Thanks for the candid answer. I had to pass on the Server Assistant, unfortunately, since I didn't want anything on there except that which relates to Apache, MySQL & PHP. Whatever.
Next time, I think I'll try a kickstart file so I don't have to go through all the package hassles. Maybe I'll give the Server Assistant another whack at it then.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend to pay the extra for ES, if your situation is like mine. Fedora would probably suffice for most of us, and the price is right. Also, the Dell add-on software doesn't work if X isn't installed (if I understand the docs correctly), so that makes it pretty useless.
Mitz
Message Edited by mitz on 08-28-2004 07:02 PM
Message Edited by mitz on 08-28-2004 07:05 PM