Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640
"Siddhartha Barua" <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:09:10 +0530
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--===============1225516807== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_67167_12953832.1186040350867" ------=_Part_67167_12953832.1186040350867 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi Tony Yes, my RHEL is plain and i was doubting that. Can you pls confirm that HP Itanium rx7640 needs at least U3, or U4, U5. I dont have any access to such information. What i have is only RHEL Version 4 (Intel Itanium) and i am failing with that for the last 2 weeks. Regards Siddhartha On 8/1/07, Luck, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > That looks like you have a plain RHEL4 (no updates) disk. I'm basing > that on the "Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done" > message printed when you were trying to boot. The kernel (and thus > initrd) version is probably plain RHEL4. By U3 the kernel > version had reached 2.6.9-34, and by U5 (current version) it is 2.6.9-51 > > -Tony > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *On Behalf Of *Siddhartha Barua > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:57 AM > *To:* Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor > *Subject:* Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640 > > > Hi Doug > > Thanks for your response.Appreciate it. > > As you said, i am reinstalling without Smart Setup CD. I would just want > to clarify from you, the RHEL4 that i am using is definitely for Itanium but > i cant figure out if its U4 - that's not mentioned anywhere. If its only > RHEL4 (without an update) will it work? > > Further, i also tried to boot into rescue mode from installation media > disk 1 to reinstall the Boot Loader as it was not there. But to my surprise > i could find /sbin/grub-install. Further if i type "fdisk -l" the output > is > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > But i created 3 partitions and 2 were created by the SmartSetup CD. I am > very confused as a newbee > > regards > Siddhartha > > On 7/31/07, Doug Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 18:40 +0530, Siddhartha Barua wrote: > > > Hi All ! Greetings > > > > > > I am trying to install RHEL AS 4.0 on HP Itanium rx7640currently with > > > 1 73GB SCSI HDD through LSI 1030 SCSI Controller. I started with the > > > HP Smart Setup CD. I am making only 3 partitions as follows: > > > /boot/efi - type vfat - 100MB > > > SWAP - 32GB (I have 16GB memory) > > > / - type ext3 - 20GB > > > > You should not need the smart setup CD anymore. You can let the Red Hat > > installer create all the partitions. > > > > > > > > The installation is successful, but when i reboot i get the following > > > message:- > > > > > > ELILO boot: Uncompressing Linux... done > > > Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done > > > audit(1185269336.355:0): initialized > > > i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout. > > > Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting > > > mkrootdev: label / not found > > > mount: missing mount point > > > mount: error 2 mounting none > > > switchroot: mount failed: 22 > > > umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 > > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > > > > I booted into the rescue mode and have tried the following commands:- > > > e2label /dev/hda5 / > > > e2label /dev/hda3 /boot (this didn't work) > > > > The /boot filesystem is vfat, not ext2 so e2lablel won' work. Under > > RHEL4 U4 /boot was not mounted by using a label so you should not need > > to label it anyway (under RHEL4 U5 however it does us a label FYI). > > > > I suggest trying a fresh install and tell the installer to remove all > > existing partitions and create new ones. Let me know if you run into > > any more issues. > > > > - Doug > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ia64-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ia64-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list > ------=_Part_67167_12953832.1186040350867 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>Hi Tony</div> <div> </div> <div>Yes, my RHEL is plain and i was doubting that. Can you pls confirm that HP Itanium rx7640 needs at least U3, or U4, U5. I dont have any access to such information. What i have is only RHEL Version 4 (Intel Itanium) and i am failing with that for the last 2 weeks. </div> <div> </div> <div>Regards</div> <div>Siddhartha<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Luck, Tony</b> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">That looks like you have a plain RHEL4 (no updates) disk. I'm basing that on the "<font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"> Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done</font>"</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">message printed when you were trying to boot. The kernel (and thus initrd) version is probably plain RHEL4. By U3 the kernel</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">version had reached 2.6.9-34, and by U5 (current version) it is 2.6.9-51</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">-Tony</font></span></div><br> <div lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"> <hr> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"> [email protected]</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Siddhartha Barua<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640<br></font><br> </div> <div><span class="e" id="q_114229e11dae8c4b_1"> <div></div> <div>Hi Doug</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for your response.Appreciate it.</div> <div> </div> <div>As you said, i am reinstalling without Smart Setup CD. I would just want to clarify from you, the RHEL4 that i am using is definitely for Itanium but i cant figure out if its U4 - that's not mentioned anywhere. If its only RHEL4 (without an update) will it work? </div> <div> </div> <div>Further, i also tried to boot into rescue mode from installation media disk 1 to reinstall the Boot Loader as it was not there. But to my surprise i could find <font face="Courier New">/sbin/grub-install. Further if i type "fdisk -l" the output is </font></div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes<br>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div> <div> </div> <div>But i created 3 partitions and 2 were created by the SmartSetup CD. I am very confused as a newbee</div> <div> </div> <div>regards</div> <div>Siddhartha<br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/31/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Chapman</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> > wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 18:40 +0530, Siddhartha Barua wrote:<br>> Hi All ! Greetings<br>><br>> I am trying to install RHEL AS 4.0 on HP Itanium rx7640currently with<br>> 1 73GB SCSI HDD through LSI 1030 SCSI Controller. I started with the<br>> HP Smart Setup CD. I am making only 3 partitions as follows:<br>> /boot/efi - type vfat - 100MB <br>> SWAP - 32GB (I have 16GB memory)<br>> / - type ext3 - 20GB<br><br>You should not need the smart setup CD anymore. You can let the Red Hat<br>installer create all the partitions.<br><br>><br>> The installation is successful, but when i reboot i get the following <br>> message:-<br>><br>> ELILO boot: Uncompressing Linux... done<br>> Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done<br>> audit(1185269336.355:0): initialized<br>> i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout. <br>> Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting<br>> mkrootdev: label / not found<br>> mount: missing mount point<br>> mount: error 2 mounting none<br>> switchroot: mount failed: 22<br>> umount /initrd/dev failed: 2 <br>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!<br>><br>> I booted into the rescue mode and have tried the following commands:-<br>> e2label /dev/hda5 /<br>> e2label /dev/hda3 /boot (this didn't work) <br><br>The /boot filesystem is vfat, not ext2 so e2lablel won' work. Under<br>RHEL4 U4 /boot was not mounted by using a label so you should not need<br>to label it anyway (under RHEL4 U5 however it does us a label FYI). <br><br>I suggest trying a fresh install and tell the installer to remove all<br>existing partitions and create new ones. Let me know if you run into<br>any more issues.<br><br>- Doug<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________ <br>ia64-list mailing list<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list" target="_blank"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>ia64-list mailing list<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:[email protected]"> [email protected]</a><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list</a><br></blockquote> </div><br> ------=_Part_67167_12953832.1186040350867-- --===============1225516807== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ia64-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list --===============1225516807==--