[Preston] Linux on Compaq Proliant server

[Shahi Wadan]

Gary,

Depending on which model of proliant you have will depend on whether it has
any IDE channel/s


----- Original Message -----
From: "Garry Taylor" <taylorg at southport-college.ac.uk>
To: <preston at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:06 AM
Subject: [Preston] Linux on Compaq Proliant server


> I have recently bought an old Compaq Proliant server and am unable to
> install any of about 8 versions of linux on it. Win98 and WinXP pro
> works fine on it.
> Spec
> ====
> 2 processors
> 1Gb Ram, 3 Ultra-wide SCSI HDD's
>    (2 set up as a RAID drive),
> IDE CD-ROM,
> floppy,
>
> Suse 7.0
> Morphix (bootable cd O/S)       These all crash with "kernal panic"
> Knoppix (bootable cd O/S)
>
> Fedora 3 (Redhat)
> Mandrake 9.1          These all stop install with a message "unable to
> find CD-ROM", although they
> Mandrake 9.2          were installed from CD. These all ask for an
> "Additional Drivers Floppy" early
> Mandrake 10.0         into install.
> Mandrake 10.1
>
> I have tried all the floppy images that are on the cd's, and non of them
> seem to be suitable.
> I have searched the internet for where to get the floppy from, but so
> far am non the wiser. I think it might be something to do with the SCSI
> drives, but I'm not sure. I have been thinking of installing an IDE HDD
> and removing the SCSI drives, just to prove the point, and for testing.
>
> Help. Have you any ideas?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
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