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"help" Linux(slack) On ML370 Smart-2dh
Im desperatly trying to get at least some sort of Linux distro on my compaq
ML-370 SMART-2DH Array Controller , Ive been working on this problem for a week and have been through alot of the compaq how-to sites, fedora makes it the closet {hangs on megaraid) but id really like to get slack 10 on this thing, I did however get windoze 2000 server on it without a problem so I know at least everything works and is configured |
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"misfit" wrote in message alkaboutcomputing.com...
Im desperatly trying to get at least some sort of Linux distro on my compaq ML-370 SMART-2DH Array Controller , Ive been working on this problem for a week and have been through alot of the compaq how-to sites, fedora makes it the closet {hangs on megaraid) but id really like to get slack 10 on this thing, I did however get windoze 2000 server on it without a problem so I know at least everything works and is configured a couple of questions: 1) Have you ran SmartStart and prepped the system and disks (the array needs to be defined)? 2) Is the distro reporting the right amount of memory? I have never attempted a slackware install so I can't deal with the particulars there but I have installed freeBSD and Gentoo on a variety of Proliants (1850s and 2500s) using smart 2P and smart 3200 controllers. These controllers use the cpqarray drivers which can be a bit quirky in the way they name the dives. For example, using fdisk to partition the drive you use fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0/disk for the first logical drive, fdisk /dev/ida/c0d1/disk for the second logical drive. (sometimes its /dev/ida/c0d0) In the fstab file you use /dev/ida/c0d0/partX to reference the partitions In grub.conf the reference to the root partition becomes (assuming it is partition #4) /dev/ida/c0d0p4 I partition my drive as follows part1 /boot part2 swap part3 Compaq Utilities part4 / The gentoo forums (forums.gentoo.org) have several good threads that discuss how to install gentoo with a variety of Compaq array controllers. That info was useful for my freeBSD installs too. ** Shameless plug for Gentoo ** The gentoo portage system makes short work of keeping your system up to date. emerge is a great tool. |
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