Re: Redhat on HP i2000 ?

Thanks, that appears to have been the problem. Another problem I discovered 
is that the redhat install becomes very confused when it can't find a valid 
mouse (or when the KVM is in some strange mode).

At 01:25 PM 9/16/2002 -0500, Michael Mackey wrote:
>HP recommends a low-level format for the system disk if HP-UX was 
>previously installed.
>
>You can low-level format the drive by accessing the QLogic Fast!Util 
>utility at boot time (press <alt>-Q when the system starts).
>
>Then, select the disk utility, select bus 0, id 0, and press enter (these 
>parameters are for the configuration that HP ships).
>
>If you then select Low-Level format, the utility will initialize the 
>drive, completely destroying all of its contents.
>
>I did a low-level format before even trying to install RedHat 7.2, and it 
>worked without a hitch.
>
>On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 12:29 PM, Neil Gorsuch wrote:
>
>>So how can I do a low level SCSI format of the hard disk?
>>
>>At 05:37 PM 9/12/2002 -0500, Michael A. Mackey wrote:
>>>Now that I think about it - you have to do a low-level SCSI format of
>>>the hard disk prior to installing (according to info which shipped from
>>>HP with the i2000).  Something about GPT partitions on the disk that
>>>aren't compatible with Linux, as I recall.
>>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 14:28, Neil Gorsuch wrote:
>>> > Tried installing the official RedHat 7.2 for Itanium CD set, it wouldn't
>>> > even boot the elilo/kernel from the CD. Has anyone gotten RedHat 7.2 
>>> or 7.3
>>> > to work on HP i2000 machines?  If so, how?
>>> >
>>> >
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