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September 23rd, 2005 18:00

Linux on PE850

I am attempting to install linux on a PE850, but it does not appear to detect any hard drives. Any suggestions? Who makes the SATA controller?
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    rasputinj

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    Posted September 23rd, 2005 19:00

    the PC850 is an ICH7 SATA controller I believe, if you use Open Manage it will pickup the drive and install it, I just have not waited to see if it really installs fully. I also need a fix to this, I need to setup a software Raid on 2 SATA Drives, and can not load drivers or have RH4 x64 pick it up at all.
     
     
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    dandanfireman

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    Posted October 4th, 2005 14:00

    I was able to get Centos 4.1 to install on this without any problems.  Apparently the new OS/Kernel is requried for native detection of the SATA controllers.
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    rasputinj

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    Posted October 4th, 2005 15:00

    I just downloaded 4.1 and it worked without a problem, the only thing that bothers me, is why was I sent RHEL 4, when 4.1 is out and I need it to properly install the OS.
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    eRazZzeR

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    Posted November 30th, 2005 12:00

    I use Open Manage to re-install RH ES 4.0 on PE850 and everything went well.

    However I noticed that after the installation, the LVM took control of the disk partitions. I would actually prefer to mirror my two SATA disks for data protection. With LVM in control, I can't figure out a way to do this.

    Any hints?

    Thanks in advance.
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    rasputinj

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    Posted November 30th, 2005 13:00

    That is why I do not use Open Manage, it takes over too much, I ended up just downloading 4.1 and using it and not using the Open Manage CD. I am also downloaded Suse 9 Service Pack 2 CDs and it also picks up the SATA controller.
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    eRazZzeR

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    Posted November 30th, 2005 13:00

    Where can I download 4.1?

    My server was delivered 3 days back and it came with 4.0 installation disks.

    PE850 doesn't come with floppy drive so loading ICH7R module during installation is not possible. I know there's a way to create a custom-built installation kernel (so that I can include the ICH7R module) but I don't want to go down to that level. Surely, there must be other way to install RH.

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