omsa on PE2500 & rhel 4.5

[Tom Brown]

>
> I've tried to install omsa on a poweredge 2500 running rhel 4.5.
> I've downloaded omsa 4.5 from dell's site by looking for downloads 
> specific to my system, installed it under /home/openmanage with
>
> # sh linux/supportscripts/srvadmin-install.sh  (checked everything)
>
> Then, started it and got these failures :
> # srvadmin-services.sh restart
> Shutting down OM Common Services:                          [  OK  ]
> Shutting down Secure Port Server:                          [  OK  ]
> Stopping racvnc (RAC) services:                            [  OK  ]
> Starting Systems Management Device Drivers:
> Starting dcdbas device driver:                             [ÉCHOUÉ]
> mknod failed for dcdbas device driver.
> See /var/log/dcdbas.log for output from mknod.
> Starting OM Common Services:                               [  OK  ]
> Starting Secure Port Server:                               [  OK  ]
> Probe of RAC board: RAC pci device not found               [ÉCHOUÉ]
> Starting racvnc (RAC) services:                            [  OK  ]
> Starting racsrvc (RAC) service daemon:
> Remote Access Controller Card not present
> 'daemon racsrvc' command failed                            [ÉCHOUÉ]
>
> [root at gerico add-storageservices]# cat /var/log/dcdbas.log
> mknod: nombre erroné d'arguments
> Pour en savoir davantage, faites: « mknod --help ».
>

do you have the sources for that kernel? do you have a standard kernel 
on this box?