Hi.
I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
Just for kicks I tried installing RHEL ES 4 and it installs without issues. But the client requirement is RHEL AS 3. Since x346 is a common server, I thought someone might be able to shed some light on this. Where do I get the driver? Googled like hell, but no go. I am supposed to be looking for a .img file that fits onto a floppy and then issue the linux dd command, right?
Regards, NMK.
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site
Just for kicks I tried installing RHEL ES 4 and it installs without issues. But the client requirement is RHEL AS 3. Since x346 is a common server, I thought someone might be able to shed some light on this. Where do I get the driver? Googled like hell, but no go. I am supposed to be looking for a .img file that fits onto a floppy and then issue the linux dd command, right?
Regards, NMK.
On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site
Well thanks for the info. Fortunately I managed to get hold of the .img.gz file off the net. Unfortunately, I am not able to gunzip it.
# gunzip aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
gunzip: aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: not in gzip format
# file aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, OEM-ID " mkdosfs", root entries 224, sectors 2880 (volumes <=32 MB) , sectors/FAT 9, serial number 0x40774d07, label: " ", FAT (12 bit) #
I dd'ed it as it is to the floppy and tried to use it at install time, but it failed to load. "Failed to load driver from /dev/fd0".
Regards, NMK.
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site
Well thanks for the info. Fortunately I managed to get hold of the .img.gz file off the net. Unfortunately, I am not able to gunzip it.
# gunzip aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
gunzip: aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: not in gzip format
# file aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, OEM-ID " mkdosfs", root entries 224, sectors 2880 (volumes <=32 MB) , sectors/FAT 9, serial number 0x40774d07, label: " ", FAT (12 bit) #
use file cmd to see wat fformat is that file . if its an disk image file then use dd if=filename of=/dev/fd0 and then use it to load the drivers ... if u use windows there are tools like rawrite to help u
I dd'ed it as it is to the floppy and tried to use it at install time, but it failed to load. "Failed to load driver from /dev/fd0".
Regards, NMK.
On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site
Well thanks for the info. Fortunately I managed to get hold of the .img.gz file off the net. Unfortunately, I am not able to gunzip it.
# gunzip aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
gunzip: aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: not in gzip format
# file aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, OEM-ID " mkdosfs", root entries 224, sectors 2880 (volumes <=32 MB) , sectors/FAT 9, serial number 0x40774d07, label: " ", FAT (12 bit) #
use file cmd to see wat fformat is that file . if its an disk image file then use dd if=filename of=/dev/fd0 and then use it to load the drivers ... if u use windows there are tools like rawrite to help u
I *did* use the file command and posted its output in my earlier mail (see above).
Regards, NMK.
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan nadeem.m.khan@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site
Well thanks for the info. Fortunately I managed to get hold of the .img.gz file off the net. Unfortunately, I am not able to gunzip it.
# gunzip aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
gunzip: aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: not in gzip format
# file aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, OEM-ID " mkdosfs", root entries 224, sectors 2880 (volumes <=32 MB) , sectors/FAT 9, serial number 0x40774d07, label: " ", FAT (12 bit) #
use file cmd to see wat fformat is that file . if its an disk image file then use dd if=filename of=/dev/fd0 and then use it to load the drivers ... if u use windows there are tools like rawrite to help u
I *did* use the file command and posted its output in my earlier mail (see above).
well if its a img file then try dd to copy the img to a disk and then try using the disk . using cp to copy this doesnot help . if u have tried this download the file again and try from someother computer. i have used similar drivers for suse es 8 /9 ... best to use the the link provided in the certification document and not even to attempt if the hw is not certified coz for all you know something else will break :)
Regards, NMK.
On Friday 18 August 2006 22:16, Nadeem M. Khan wrote: *snip*
I dd'ed it as it is to the floppy and tried to use it at install time, but it failed to load. "Failed to load driver from /dev/fd0".
Umm...sorry if you find my question stupid but I am in the habit of asking stupid questions. Did you check the md5 sum / sha1 sum of the file that you downloaded? Many times the download gets corrupted. It has happened to me a lot with XMMS skins and such files ( esp. tar.gz ones ).
On 8/19/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Umm...sorry if you find my question stupid but I am in the habit of asking stupid questions. Did you check the md5 sum / sha1 sum of the file that you downloaded? Many times the download gets corrupted. It has happened to me a lot with XMMS skins and such files ( esp. tar.gz ones ).
Thats not a stupid question, but a very valid point. ?Unfortunately, the site does not display the mdf sum of the file for me to compare.
Regards, NMK.
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