<Partial> SUMMARY: HP Netserver LH pro

[Harald Husemann <bofh@dh9dat.de>]

<Original posting below>

Hi agn,

first of all, apologies for the late summary - didn't have much time for the
server, tasks were increasing in my job...

Thanks to:

"Jeremy Cohoe" <jeremy@illuminatedtechnologies.com>
Klaasjan Brand <kjb@dds.nl>

for their suggestions, and special thanks to

Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu>

who pointed me in the right direction.
You're right, Skylar, the problem with the Mylex is that the firmware is too
old - the DAC960 modules in the Linux kernel tree only support firmware
versions >= 2.73, my controller has 2.4. So, I'll have to upgrade it, just
downloaded the necessary files form www.mylex.com. I think I'll try the
update in the next days, and then it should work.

Didn't solve the BIOS-problem yet, but I had an old SCSI-HDD lying around,
connected that to one of the internal Adaptecs, and was able to install RH
7.3 completely on this HDD.
So, the machine is running, maybe I'll check out the RH Shrike Mailing list
for the BIOS-problem.
I'll inform the list when I've found a solution there or somewhere else.

Have a nice hackin',

Harald



On Friday 13 June 2003 01:28, Harald Husemann wrote:
> Hi Gurus,
>
> I'm trying to install RedHAT on an HP-Netserver (got it for cheap from
> E-Bay).
> But, something's going wrong...
> RH 9.0 Installation doesn't start, and crashes with something like "severe
> BIOS-Defect".
> Hm....
> So, I decided to try RH 7.3, the installation process here starts (only in
> text mode, but that's okay)
> But, it loads the Adaptec driver, and when it detects my Mylex
> RAID-Controller, the screen gets messed with errors.
> A few seconds later it tells me that it hasn't found any HDD, and suggests
> to load a driver manually. Okay, I did this, and tried to load the module
> "Mylex DAC960". I can't see the Mylex module in the list after loading, and
> DiskDruid still tells me that there are no HDDs available...
> Anyone did this before?? Maybe I need a special module??
>
> System configuration is:
> HP Netserver LH Pro, Dual Pentium II 200MHz
> 2 Adaptec 7xxx SCSI-Controller, NEC SCSI-CDROM attached
> 2-channel MYLEX DAC960 Raid-Controller, 3 HDDs (4 GB each) attached to each
> channel
> One logical drive of 20 GB (RAID-5) is defined using NetserverNavigator.
>
> Hope someone can help,
>
> Harald

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