Compaq 6400R - ProLiant - 1 GB RAM Manuel d'utilisateur

Installing Linux on Compaq ProLiant Servers The Compaq ProLiant Linux Team January 22, 2001 This guide was designed to facilitate the installation

64. An extended partition counts as one primary partition. An extended partition can have multiple logical drives within itself. 5. Most OSes c

7• Extended Partition #4 o Description: Hosts various logical drives and swap partition o Size: Remainder of hard drive o Logical Drive #1 !

8 Create a 30MB to 60MB partition for /boot. This should be more than enough, but it allows for kernel growth or multiple kernels and boot environm

9• /boot will need to be below the 1024 cylinder limit (it is preferred to have /boot at the front of the drive). • LILO should be installed to t

10To avoid having to type this command every time you boot Linux, edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and add an Append Line. It looks like this: append

112. Begin the installation process. a) Select the language and locale settings. b) Select Manual Installation → Begin. c) Select Linux in the Op

12Installation Important! Caldera eServer 2.3.1 is maintenance release that is available directly from Caldera at www.calderasystems.com. Server

13Note: If you put LILO into the MBR, you will be unable to access the Compaq System Configuration Utilities by pressing F10 during system boot up

14ATA model: • Download the SoftPaq 14366, Caldera Bootable Diskette, available at http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us to a Linux or UNI

15Installation Important! Please read section 2.1 regarding the Linux kernel and the peer bus architecture before installing Caldera eServer 2.3. T

16DO NOT edit or delete the Compaq System Partition. See section 2.3 for tips on disk partitioning. Note: Testers have found that this utility does

17 Special Instructions: (1) ProLiant ML 530, ProLiant 8000, and ProLiant 8500 • You must add the SCSI or Array Controller to a primary PCI bus

18• At the initial boot prompt type: - linux10 for the 10GB ATA-100 drive model - OR - - linux20 for the 20GB ATA-100 drive model - OR - - F

194. Partition the hard drive(s): DO NOT edit or delete the Compaq System Partition. See section 5 for more information a) Create the /boot partit

201. Run SmartStart on the server: Erase Utility → Manual → Linux OS. See section 3.1 for SmartStart setup. 2. Insert the TurboLinux 6.0.5 CD-ROM

213.5 SuSE SuSE 7.0 Hardware These installation instructions apply to the listed servers. Servers marked with a number have special instructions de

22ATA model: • Follow steps #1 through #2 above. • For the 10GB ATA-100 drive model: Type linux hde=1292,240,63 at the initial boot: prompt. N

232. Type linux pci=irqrt at initial boot: prompt. Important: You have about 2 seconds to start entering the command below before installation begi

24 (3) ProLiant DL320: SCSI model: • Follow steps #1 - #13 above. ATA model: • Follow step #1 above. For the 10GB ATA-100 drive model: • Ty

254. Troubleshooting 4.1 Problems During Installation Problem: Kernel panic occurs during installation Possible Causes: 1. More than 960MB of mem

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26Possible Solutions: 1. Try using the e100.0 device driver available from Intel, http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/100Linux.htm

27Possible Solutions: 1. Verify that there is an active partition. 2. Verify that /boot partition number is less than 5. 3. Repair the Master

281. Make sure you have a verified backup and have your boot diskettes available. This procedure is not destructive to data, but a backup is recom

29Recovering LILO using a boot and root diskette 1. Boot the server using the Linux Boot Disk \ created during the installation process. 2. Type

3012. Unmount your boot and root partitions. > cd / > umount /mnt/drive/boot > umount /mnt/drive 13. Remove any bootable CD or floppy

31 other=/dev/sda3 label=F10 table=/dev/sda • The first line–other=/dev/sda3–should point to the partiti

32none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 - - - - - contents of /etc/fstab - - - - - end 3. Make a blank directory in the root directory for a mount

33Why choose Expert Install when installing Red Hat or Caldera Linux? Expert Install allows you to keep an existing Compaq System Partition, while

34sym53c8xx: ... OR ncr53c8xx: ... 5.4 FDISK tutorial Some are confused by Linux FDISK. In reality, FDISK is simple.

35Creating Primary Partitions: 1. Type N for new partition. 2. Type P for primary. 3. Select the next available primary partition # (1-4). 4. S

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362. Create the /boot partition. This partition will be primary, active, from 30MB to 100MB (choose 60MB for now). • Type N to create a new part

37n → l → 26 → +128M → p t → 5 → 82 → p 5. Create the root (/) partition: • Type N (new) → L (logical). • Select the next available

38This example used 50% of free space for /home and 50% for /usr. • Type P to review your partitions. n → l → 346 → 502 → p 9. Double chec

39prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7 label=linux root=/dev/sda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-0.7.img read-only other=/dev/sda3

405.6 General Instruction to patch the Peer Bus for 2.2.X Linux Kernel and rebuild the kernel 1. Change directory. cd /usr/src/linux 2. Mount t

415.7 Useful Links Useful Compaq Links • http://www.compaq.com/linux: Compaq main Linux page. • http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/linux/ C

42Useful Linux Links • http://www.linux.org: Linux Online • http://www.li.org: Linux International • http://www.gnu.org: The GNU project • h

435.8 Feedback If you have feedback on ways to improve this document, technical corrections, or additional information that should be included, pl

11. Introduction Compaq ProLiant servers provide an excellent platform for Linux. These machines are engineered from the ground up to provide perfo

2 Compaq Storage Controllers The Wide Ultra2 SCSI or Wide Ultra2 SCSI-3 Controller series are based on Symbios Logic (LSI Logic) chips, while th

32.1 Kernel Peer Bus Architecture As previously noted, many Compaq servers use a peer PCI bus architecture. In this design, two or more PCI buses

4 Kernel Patch If the Linux kernel on the distribution cannot detect devices or adapters on the secondary PCI bus, it cannot function until the ker

52.2 Driver Caveats SYMBIOS 53C1510 chip set Some Compaq servers use a newer Symbios (now LSI Logic) SCSI chip, the SYM53C1510, an extension of th