How To Install RHEL4 In HP NetServer LH3000
A simple problem but took me few days to resolve it! Shame to say I’m a Linux administrator (though well-known as half-skilled, non-certified RHCE).
While Red Hat 8 is fine with the Symbios SCSI driver, it was a nightmare to install RHEL4 with SYM53C896 on the same HP NetServer LH3000!
First, the RHEL4 installation stuck at loading Symbios SCSI driver SYM53C896, and then followed by hang-up when loading the Adaptec SCSI driver aic7xxx! (Note, the Windows XP Professional on LH3000 is actually reports megaraid driver in Device Manager).
So, I Google for “RHEL4 Megaraid” and found Tom Sightler post! (I thought this was the solution, but it wasn’t).
I downloaded the megaraid driver source code, compiled it with RHEL4 U5 running in VMWare Workstation, followed by Tom’s guide and the elaborated instructions in the comments – BUT TO NO SUCCESS!
The LH3000 manual doesn’t seem “useful” to me. So I kept on googling all over again and found a Chinese post that really rock – by tweaking the LH3000 BIOS settings, I’ve done it! Tonykorn97, you’re the man!
Tweak NetServer LH3000 BIOS Settings To Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U5
Reboot the NetServer LH3000 and continue with RHEL4 installation, which will be successfully done (as I did)!
First, the RHEL4 installation stuck at loading Symbios SCSI driver SYM53C896, and then followed by hang-up when loading the Adaptec SCSI driver aic7xxx! (Note, the Windows XP Professional on LH3000 is actually reports megaraid driver in Device Manager).
So, I Google for “RHEL4 Megaraid” and found Tom Sightler post! (I thought this was the solution, but it wasn’t).
I downloaded the megaraid driver source code, compiled it with RHEL4 U5 running in VMWare Workstation, followed by Tom’s guide and the elaborated instructions in the comments – BUT TO NO SUCCESS!
The LH3000 manual doesn’t seem “useful” to me. So I kept on googling all over again and found a Chinese post that really rock – by tweaking the LH3000 BIOS settings, I’ve done it! Tonykorn97, you’re the man!
Tweak NetServer LH3000 BIOS Settings To Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U5
- Reboot the LH3000 and press F2 to enter BIOS setup screen
- Access to “Embedded LAN and SCSI Settings” menu
- Set “HP NetRaid / LVD SCSI” to become “Enable LVD SCSI”
- Set “Embedded SE SCSI” to become “Disabled”
- Set “Embedded NIC” to become “Enabled” (if you’re using the embedded NIC)
- Access to “PCI Device Settings” menu followed by “PCI IRQ Locking” sub-menu
- Set “Routing Algorithm” to become “Fixed”
- Set “Sharing Algorithm” to become “Same Device”
- Set “Disable PCI IRQ Sharing” to become “Disabled”
- Enter the “Individual IRQ Locking” sub-menu
- Set “PCI Slot 5″ to become “5″
- Set “PCI Slot 8″ to become “11″
- Set “Embedded LVD SCSI A” to become “Disabled”
- Set “Embedded LVD SCSI B” to become “Disabled”
- Set “Embedded SE SCSI” to become “Disabled”
- Set “Embedded HP NetRaid” to become “Disabled”
- Set “Embedded LAN” to become “9″
- Set the rest of PCI slot/device IRQ locking to become “Auto”
- Press F10 to save and exit.
Reboot the NetServer LH3000 and continue with RHEL4 installation, which will be successfully done (as I did)!
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