I would use Dell's redhat disks to get a kernel. You'll have to hack together a custom rescue disk.
Bill Cooper wrote: > Hello, > has anyone sucessfully installed Potato on a Dell PowerEdge 4300 > with the PERC 2/SC controller? I have tried to install it a few times > now, first with the Potato 2.2r2 standard rescue disk, but it pauses > indefinitely after detecting the PERC 2 (AMI) controller. Next I tried > using the standard rescue disk with a 2.2.18 kernel rebuilt with support > for the megaraid controller. This works up to the point where the file > system is written to the drive when the kernel reports controller > timeout errors and the install aborts. > I have gone to Dell's site and AMI for further infomation, but have > not come up with anything relevant information. If anyone has any > pointers it would be very appreciated. > > PowerEdge 4300, 196 MB RAM, Dell PERC 2/SC (AMI Megaraid) Bios Revision > U77 with 32 MB RAM, 4 4Gb drives in Raid 3 configuration. > > The server is down for hard drive upgrades and I just wanted to compare > the speed of the server with Samba file sharing before Novell 4 goes > back on it (so this is not important really) > > Thanks > William > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
