Deke, you know what, thats a good idea. im not used to having support. i will call them, the bastards, even though its too late. the second nic? yah that crossed my mind. the new intels sometimes require that. didnt do it because i wanted a uniform and not a time consuming way of deploying the os.
thanks, gg --- Deke Clinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > www.redhat.com/hardware says the x306 is certified supported with > rhel3 and > rhel4. If you have an OS support arrangement with either IBM or > Redhat (since > you mention rhel) I suggest you open an incident with them and gently > but > firmly insist that they make this work. > > As a workaround to the PCI id problem I've put an older NIC into new > machines > while kickstarting them and then added the driver for the onboard > adapter to > modules.conf during the postinstall or whatever. > > -Deke > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Gregory Golin wrote: > > > hey guys, > > > > i dont post much, but these past two days have been somewhat trying > for > > me. im not a fan of redhat or ibm. i think both are overpriced, > > bloated, and the support isnt worth it unless you cannot google. > but my > > new boss bought like 10 of them ibms. > > > > anyway > > > > four ibm xseries 306 servers. tried installing rhel-3. rhel-4 > doesnt > > work - as in, the install dies saying 'you're trying to install on > an > > unsupported hardware' -- winxp + dmi, anyone? > > > > before i did anything else i tried the serverguide thing. it wiped > the > > drives, offered winnt/2k or 'other' in terms of my 'NOS'. no linux > > anywhere. it showed me a dialog that told me to reboot and install > my > > new NOS. that was that. > > > > so the point was to get one machine installed and configured and > then > > use systemimager to replicate to the other four -- ive done it on > > hundreds and hunderds of machines in the past. > > > > not this time. > > the e1000 driver doesnt work. no network == no systemimager. > > fine. > > bent over backwards, injected the driver into the pxe initrd image. > now > > the network works. but the drives arent seen. > > this took about 8 hours of work, so i decided that i'll just go > with > > kickstart. > > kickstart should work, right? i have a working pxe server and the > cds > > are copied to the drive already. > > not. > > the redhat provided initrd.img [/images/pxeboot] contains an OLD > e1000 > > driver that does not work with the hardware in these damned 306s. > ive > > seen this before, intel would just change the pci id on their nic's > and > > the old drivers dont work anymore. > > > > i ended up installing three machines from a cdrom. sucked. > > > > there is a solution from ibm, its called rdm and it costs $50. > which is > > kinda scary. $50? thats it?! ghost is more than that..? > > > > guys, i ask you to extend your experience and/or advice here. no > > beatings please, most of us are accomplished professionals. > > how would you do it? have you done it? should i just pick up a > broom > > and start swiping? > > > > [in retrospect, i think i should have explored their manuals more.. > > even tho the expression i got from it all was 'either the ibm way, > or > > no way at all'.] > > > > thank you. > > > > > > yours, > > gg > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > > > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
