Installing RHEL4 with PERC 5/i

[Harald_Jensas at Dell.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com 
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bydalek
> Sent: 07 July 2006 19:25
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: Installing RHEL4 with PERC 5/i
> 
> Hello.
> 
> We just purchased a new PE2950 with the PERC 5/i RAID controller.
> 
> I've installed RHEL 4 using the Server Assistant CD, but 
> honestly, the install is extremely bloated, and the 
> harddrives are not configured in the way I need them to be.
> 
> Originally I tried to install using the Red Hat CD's (kernel 
> 2.6.9), but it doesn't recognize the PERC controller because 
> it doesn't have the megaraid_sas module it needs.  I've also 
> tried this with the Fedora Core 4 and had the same luck.
> 
> I guess I have 2 questions.  First, can I change the Open 
> Assistant install to change what I want installed (ie. no X, 
> Gnome, KDE, etc.) and the way it partitions the harddrive 
> (ie. no one large LVM partition with root and everything on 
> it)?  If not, anyone know how I can get the native installer 
> to recognize the PERC 5/i controller?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 



Option 1:
Install using Update 3 media.

Option 2:
Create a driver disk and load the driver when running the installer.
Driver disk image: megaraid_sas-v00.00.02.03-1-rhel40-all.img is in 
this package: http://ftp.us.dell.com/SAS-RAID/megasas.tgz


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Harald Jensås