PE 1855 - RHEL4 u4 - OM 4.5

Tom Brown tom at ng23.net
Fri Aug 18 09:21:07 CDT 2006


Tom Brown wrote:
> Hi trying to install OM on the above combo - box if freshly built and 
> up2date'd to...
> 
> [root at xxxxx4302 x]# uname -a
> Linux xxxxxx4302 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:27:17 EDT 2006 i686 
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> however trying to start OM gives this -
> 
> # srvadmin-services.sh start
> Starting Systems Management Device Drivers:
> Starting dcdbas device driver:                             [FAILED]
> 
> and i see
> 
> # cat /var/log/dcdbas.log
> mknod: wrong number of arguments
> Try `mknod --help' for more information.
> 
> mknod parameters:
> NAME:  /dev/EsmBASDev0
> TYPE:  c
> MAJOR:
> MINOR: 0
> 
> anyone know whats wrong here - i had been finding OM installs pretty 
> straight forward recently!

i should also note that i have the kernel sources for the currently 
running kernel installed as i thought that perhaps OM4.5 did not 
recognize my kernel.

thanks for any pointers



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