RE: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640
"Fahrenfort, Keith (PSS Americas Oracle)" <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:00:42 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0625401992== Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C7D505.23BA141A" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7D505.23BA141A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Siddhartha, I only receive the daily digest so this may well have been answered already. =20 Certification information for Linux on all HP Integrity servers can be found here - www.hp.com/go/integritylinux: Under Certification Matrices click Integrity Servers, then click rx7640. =20 Specifically, RHEL4 U4 is required for the rx7640 - see "Minimum Supported Red Hat Updates - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4" link here - http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/423640-0-0-0-121.html. =20 For installation tips, see the Documentation link -> HP Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's Guide here - http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf <http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf> . If you will be installing Oracle on the server let me know, as there are some specific patches required. =20 I hope this helps! Thanks! Regards!=20 ________________________________ Please let me know if you prefer to not receive email from me. =20 <blocked::http://www.hp.com/> <blocked::http://www.hp.com/> =20 Keith Fahrenfort Solutions Architect - Hewlett Packard Oracle Competency Center HP Americas Presales Shared Services=20 20555 SH249, MS HOM7=20 Houston, TX 77070 281.927.8611 - Direct Phone 1.800.424.0993 option2 - OCC Team=20 [email protected] <blocked::mailto:[email protected]>=20 http://www.hp.com/go/oracle <blocked::http://www.hp.com/go/oracle>=20 For HP's privacy policy and contact information, please see here - http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html <blocked::http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/privacy.html> =20 ________________________________ ________________________________ From: Siddhartha Barua [mailto:[email protected]]=20 Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 2:39 AM To: Discussion of Linux on the Intel IA-64 processor Subject: Re: Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640 Hi Tony =20 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.=20 =20 Regards Siddhartha =20 On 8/1/07, Luck, Tony <[email protected]> wrote:=20 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 =20 -Tony ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto: [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 =09 =20 =09 Hi Doug =20 Thanks for your response.Appreciate it. =20 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?=20 =20 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=20 =09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8924 cylinders Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 =3D 8225280 bytes =09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =20 But i created 3 partitions and 2 were created by the SmartSetup CD. I am very confused as a newbee =20 regards Siddhartha =20 On 7/31/07, Doug Chapman <[email protected] > wrote:=20 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=20 > SWAP - 32GB (I have 16GB memory) > / - type ext3 - 20GB =09 You should not need the smart setup CD anymore. You can let the Red Hat installer create all the partitions. =09 > > The installation is successful, but when i reboot i get the following=20 > 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.=20 > 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=20 > 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)=20 =09 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).=20 =09 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. =09 - Doug =09 =09 =09 _______________________________________________=20 ia64-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list =09 _______________________________________________ ia64-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list =09 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7D505.23BA141A Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 size=3D2>Hi Siddhartha, I only = receive the=20 daily digest so this may well have been answered = already.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 size=3D2>Certification = information for Linux on=20 all HP Integrity servers can be found here - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinux">www.hp.com/go/integritylinux= </A>:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 size=3D2>Under Certification = Matrices click=20 Integrity Servers, then click rx7640.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 size=3D2>Specifically, RHEL4 U4 = is required=20 for the rx7640 - see "<FONT face=3DArial><FONT = color=3D#000000><STRONG>Minimum=20 Supported Red Hat Updates - </STRONG>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update = 4</FONT></FONT>" link here - <A=20 = href=3D"http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/423640-0-0-0-121.html"= >http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/423640-0-0-0-121.html</A>.</F= ONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080><SPAN=20 class=3D205104612-02082007><FONT size=3D2>For installation tips, see=20 the Documentation link -> <FONT face=3DArial = color=3D#000000><STRONG>HP=20 Integrity Essentials Foundation Pack for Linux User's=20 Guide</STRONG></FONT> here - </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf"><FONT=20 = size=3D2>http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7635/5991-7635.pdf</FONT></A><FON= T=20 size=3D2>.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D205104612-02082007>If you will be installing Oracle on the = server let me=20 know, as there are some specific patches required.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000080 = size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D205104612-02082007>I hope this helps! </SPAN>Thanks! 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Can you pls confirm = that HP=20 Itanium rx7640 needs at least U3, or U4, U5. I dont have any access to = such=20 information. What i have is only RHEL Version 4 (Intel Itanium) and i am = failing=20 with that for the last 2 weeks. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Siddhartha<BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3Dgmail_quote>On 8/1/07, <B = class=3Dgmail_sendername>Luck, Tony</B>=20 <<A href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A>>=20 wrote:</SPAN>=20 <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dgmail_quote=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc = 1px solid"> <DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>That looks=20 like you have a plain RHEL4 (no updates) disk. I'm basing that = on the=20 "<FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3D#000000 size=3D3> Loading = initrd=20 initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done</FONT>"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>message=20 printed when you were trying to boot. The kernel (and thus = initrd)=20 version is probably plain RHEL4. By U3 the = kernel</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>version=20 had reached 2.6.9-34, and by U5 (current version) it is=20 2.6.9-51</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20 size=3D2>-Tony</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft> <HR> <FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> <A=20 onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=20 target=3D_blank>[email protected]</A> [mailto:<A=20 onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D_blank>=20 [email protected]</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Siddhartha=20 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:=20 Installing RHEL AS 4.0 on HP rx7640<BR></FONT><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3De id=3Dq_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=20 to clarify from you, the RHEL4 that i am using is definitely for = Itanium but i=20 cant figure out if its U4 - that's not mentioned anywhere. If its only = RHEL4=20 (without an update) will it work? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Further, i also tried to boot into rescue mode from installation = media=20 disk 1 to reinstall the Boot Loader as it was not there. But to my = surprise i=20 could find <FONT face=3D"Courier New">/sbin/grub-install. Further if i = type=20 "fdisk -l" the output is </FONT></DIV> = <DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------= ----</DIV> <DIV>Disk /dev/sda: 73.4 GB, 73407865856 bytes<BR>255 heads, 63 = sectors/track,=20 8924 cylinders<BR>Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 =3D 8225280=20 = bytes<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------= --------=20 </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But i created 3 partitions and 2 were created by the SmartSetup = CD. I am=20 very confused as a newbee</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>regards</DIV> <DIV>Siddhartha<BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3Dgmail_quote>On 7/31/07, <B = class=3Dgmail_sendername>Doug=20 Chapman</B> <<A onclick=3D"return = top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = target=3D_blank>[email protected]</A> >=20 wrote:</SPAN>=20 <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dgmail_quote=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: = #ccc 1px solid">On=20 Tue, 2007-07-31 at 18:40 +0530, Siddhartha Barua wrote:<BR>> Hi = All !=20 Greetings<BR>><BR>> I am trying to install RHEL AS 4.0 on HP = Itanium=20 rx7640currently with<BR>> 1 73GB SCSI HDD through LSI 1030 SCSI=20 Controller. I started with the<BR>> HP Smart Setup CD. I am = making only 3=20 partitions as follows:<BR>> /boot/efi - type vfat - 100MB = <BR>> SWAP -=20 32GB (I have 16GB memory)<BR>> / - type ext3 - 20GB<BR><BR>You = should not=20 need the smart setup CD anymore. You can let the Red=20 Hat<BR>installer create all the partitions.<BR><BR>><BR>> The=20 installation is successful, but when i reboot i get the following = <BR>>=20 message:-<BR>><BR>> ELILO boot: Uncompressing Linux... = done<BR>>=20 Loading initrd initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img...done<BR>> = audit(1185269336.355:0):=20 initialized<BR>> i8042.c: i8042 controller self test timeout. = <BR>>=20 Red Hat nash version 4.1.18 starting<BR>> mkrootdev: label / not=20 found<BR>> mount: missing mount point<BR>> mount: error 2 = mounting=20 none<BR>> switchroot: mount failed: 22<BR>> umount /initrd/dev = failed:=20 2 <BR>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill=20 init!<BR>><BR>> I booted into the rescue mode and have tried = the=20 following commands:-<BR>> e2label /dev/hda5 /<BR>> e2label = /dev/hda3=20 /boot (this didn't work) <BR><BR>The /boot filesystem is vfat, not = ext2 so=20 e2lablel won' work. Under<BR>RHEL4 U4 /boot was not = mounted by=20 using a label so you should not need<BR>to label it anyway (under = RHEL4 U5=20 however it does us a label FYI). <BR><BR>I suggest trying a fresh = install=20 and tell the installer to remove all<BR>existing partitions and = create new=20 ones. Let me know if you run into<BR>any more = issues.<BR><BR>-=20 Doug<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________=20 <BR>ia64-list mailing list<BR><A=20 onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=20 target=3D_blank>[email protected]</A><BR><A=20 onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list"=20 = target=3D_blank>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list</A><BR>= </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR>___________________________= ____________________<BR>ia64-list=20 mailing list<BR><A onclick=3D"return = top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A><BR><A=20 onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=20 href=3D"https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list"=20 = target=3D_blank>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ia64-list</A><BR>= </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7D505.23BA141A-- --===============0625401992== 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 --===============0625401992==--