RH Linux and HP Netserver - Dreaming?

[ColumbiaDiver]

Hi all,

I have a Netserver Lh Pro that I am trying to get running with RH Linux and was wondering if anyone has done so successfully. The server is configured with the following:

Dual Pentium Pro 200Mhz, 512MB RAM, Diamond Stealth 64 VRAm, (internal video disabled), 2 Intel 10/100 PCI NIC's, 6 hot swap Seagate 18gig SCA 80 hard drives, HP NetRaid-1 card, (3 drives CH-0 and 3 drives on CH-1). Onboard Adaptec SCSI supports CD-ROM drive and Tape drive. I have flashed the System and Netraid with the latest BIOS.

I have created an array as follows: all 6 drives are array A0, 5 logical drives, first is 7gig the remaining 4 are roughly 25gig each.

I attempted to install Red Hat 9 and intially received a XIO: fatal error 104 (xserver). I then instructed it to do a text only install and everything seemed to go fine until it started formatting the disk, it got to 11% and hung.

Has anyone setup Red Hat on an HP Lh Pro is this or a similiar configuration and if so what version of RH did you use? Also, the video card I'm using is supported I believe so I'm not sure why xserver balked at it.

What I'm looking for is any kind of a walkthrough etc that wil help me complete this installation as well as info on a video card that anyone has had success with on this box. BTW I have installed WIN 2000 Pro on it without any issues, (before installing the RAID card).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Gordon Owens

 

[silicontundra]

Hi Columbia Driver.

I think it is your RAID controller, might want to try with set at RAID-0 first. Also does your RAID controller have battery backup for its cache?

I have an IBM PC Server 704 / Netfinity 7000 which is based on the similar OEM hardware as yours, Intel AP750GX, whose website has lot of docs. My 704 has an IBM ServRAID I controller and IBM website has lot of docs on it. The RAID Setup Utility I used was v3.5 IIRC. I have two logical drive, 6 drive RAID-5 arrays.

Other than that, my system is very similar to yours and I have RedHat Linux 9 (Shrike) working on it with the other logical drive running Win 2K Pro WS.

My server is using a popular but generic S3 Virge DX video board hooked to a Sony CPD 1425 display. The X-Window probe did not do a good job IDing both the board or display, so it is using generic defaults. If I manually give it what I think is good specs, it rejects it.

Maybe give it a try with generic video defaults until it fully installs.

Regards, Phil