SCO 6 on PowerEdge 2950

[Steve Dragonette]

Hi Bob,

FYI, for some reason the mail list is not accepting my posts - it thinks 
there
is some problem with my mail headers.

As you can see, the PERC 6i is not being recognized nor will it without the
megasas 1.1 driver from our website. Please note that the documentation
refers to the "mega" driver which drives a different chipset. I would 
probably
investigate the cd media side of things first. I would try burning the 
megasas iso
image on another system and/or with different cd burning software and/or
with different cdrom media. I would stick with a cdrom iso image rather
than a floppy image as they are more dependable. I would also remove
the usb floppy altogether while installing. Also, please make sure that you
are using the recut OpenServer 6.0.0 media from
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=161

Regards,

-steve

Bob Lawson wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Is this a 2950 or 2950III?
> 	2950
> What is the BIOS version?
> 	BIOS Version 2.2.6
> What is the root disk controller and disk hardware being used?
> 	DELL PERC6/i
> 	There is also an Adaptec 39320A in the system.
> What disk/RAID configuration have you done, if any?
> 	LUN0 - RAID1,  LUN1 - RAID5
> What is the HBA driver you are trying to load and where exactly did you 
> get it from?
> 	We have tried booting with the driver on the CD
>
>
> 	Also the Megasas driver from
> 		ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/drivers/megasas.1.1
> 		Tried it by burning the ISO image to a CD and also by
> creating a
> 		floppy on another SCO 5.0.4 Unix system.  We tried two
> different
> 		CDs as well.
> 		The Floppy was mountable and readable and had a variety of
> files
> 		and directories on it.
> 		Both gave the same error:  Error when mounting HBA media
> 		The light on the USB floppy flashed so it appeared to access
> it.
>
> 	In the document:
> http://osr600doc.sco.com/en/GetStart/gsgC.HWconfig.html
> 	under: SCO OpenServer Release 6 Host Bus Adapter (HBA) drivers
> 	There is an X under the Available from CD Boot Image column
> 	for the MEGA HBA adapter.  So we had assumed the correct controller
> 	would be on the boot CD.
>
>
> What do you see on the console after the failure (Cntl-Alt-H)?
> 	This is the information that was displayed: 
>
> 	The system is coming up 
>
> 	VT0>0:0,7,0: HBA        :(usb_msto,1) USB USB HBA 
> 	        0,0,0: DISK     :TEAC   FD-05PUB 3200 
>
>
> 	WARNING FDC UNEXPECTED STATE 
>
> 	1:0,2,0:HBA             :(ide,1) Generic IDE/ATAPI 
>  	    0,0,0:CDROM        :HL-DT-STCDRW/DVD  GCCT10NA102 
> 	2: 0,7,0:HBA            :(ADPU320,1) Adaptec Ultra320 
> 	3: 0,7,0:HBA            :(ADPU320,2) Adaptec Ultra320 
>
> The PERC6/i does not appear to have been recognized.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Dragonette [mailto:stevedr at sco.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:23 PM
> To: Bob Lawson
> Cc: sco-poweredge at dell.com
> Subject: Re: SCO 6 on PowerEdge 2950
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> Specific information and installation notes on the 2950 models certified can
> be found here:
> http://wdb1.sco.com/chwp/owa/hch_model_cert_page?f_model_id=99194&f_release_
> id=601
> http://wdb1.sco.com/chwp/owa/hch_model_cert_page?f_model_id=99358&f_release_
> id=601
>
> If nothing there helps, can you please provide the following details:
>
> Is this a 2950 or 2950III?
> What is the BIOS version?
> What is the root disk controller and disk hardware being used?
> What disk/RAID configuration have you done, if any?
> What is the HBA driver you are trying to load and where exactly did you 
> get it from?
> What do you see on the console after the failure (Cntl-Alt-H)?
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Dragonette
> SCO Global Services
>
> Bob Lawson wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to load SCO Open Server 6 on a PowerEdge 2950. It keeps 
>> coming up with the error:
>>
>> Incorrect disk partition information has been detected on Disk Drive 0.
>>
>> We have tried to load the MEGARaid driver from a CD but get an error:
>>
>> Error when mounting HBA media.
>>
>> We downloaded the ISO image from the SCO site and it seems to read OK 
>> in Windows.
>>
>> We have gone down the list of HBE adapters and disabled all but the 
>> MEGA drive but it keeps loading the adpu320.
>>
>> Any thoughts or suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bob
>>
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