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how do i install redhat on a scsi drife?
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| a more genric query in case my last one got sidelined due to its more
specific nature :-)
platform : intel base, scsi hard drives
requirement : to install redhat onto the system
problem : having booted from cdrom at partition time ythe install
procedure complains that no hard drives were found to install to and
aborts.
So - how can I install redhat onto a system that has only scsi drives
ie how do I get the install procedure to recogniose the scsi drives?
ian
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| Scott Lurndal 2005-01-27, 5:52 pm |
| "didds" <didds2@excite.com> writes:
>a more genric query in case my last one got sidelined due to its more
>specific nature :-)
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>platform : intel base, scsi hard drives
>requirement : to install redhat onto the system
>problem : having booted from cdrom at partition time ythe install
>procedure complains that no hard drives were found to install to and
>aborts.
>
>So - how can I install redhat onto a system that has only scsi drives
>ie how do I get the install procedure to recogniose the scsi drives?
>ian
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You start by providing enough information.
Who made the platform?
What SCSI HBA does it have?
Which version of Redhat are you installing?
Who made the SCSI drives?
What type of SCSI interface? 50-pin? 68-pin? 80-pin?
High-voltage differential, Low-Voltage differential or Single-ended?
Active or Passive termination?
Does the BIOS see the drive(s)?
Cabling diagram?
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Scott Lurndal wrote:
> You start by providing enough information.
well I'd done a lot of that in another thread that got completely
ignored so I thougt maybe that had appeared to specific and so nobody
felt they had the insight for that particular specific query, hence a
very general one...
However...
> Who made the platform?
IBM eserver xseries (yes I've contacted their support team and after
72 hours despite being promised I'd get a call none has materialised.
> What SCSI HBA does it have?
Adaptec 7290
> Which version of Redhat are you installing?
AS 2.1
> Who made the SCSI drives?
IBM
> What type of SCSI interface? 50-pin? 68-pin? 80-pin?
No idea. Its a rental box so I am rather loath to open it up as it
doesn't belong to me/us.
> High-voltage differential, Low-Voltage differential or Single-ended?
See above.
> Active or Passive termination?
See above
> Does the BIOS see the drive(s)?
No. If anyone can point me to where in the BIOS I can set it to "see"
scsi drives I'd appreciate it.
> Cabling diagram?
See above.
Do your questions mean that there are radically differing solutions for
simply installing AS 2.1 - an enterprise solution, not something a geek
in an anaorak with no mates in a garage can "play with" for weeks on
end to make work - on systems depending on whether their SCSI interface
is 50, 68 or 80 pins? Or whether it has different differential
interfaces?
How esoteric! Creating a Kickstart solution for all these
bewilderingly different scenarios must be a nightmare!
cheers
ian
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