This is a drac4. To the pevious poster ill try a winXP iso on monday. Should have thought of that myself.
B ------------------------ Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Beeby <[email protected]> To: Stroller <[email protected]> Cc: Brian O'Mahony; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Fri Mar 12 17:09:27 2010 Subject: Re: Installing RHEL5 via DRAC Hi, I'm just installing RHEL v5.4 DVD iso image via DRAC (Virtual CD) on my Dell R610 and DRAC 6 so many a DRAC 5 issue? Keith On 12 Mar 2010, at 16:22, Stroller wrote: > > On 10 Mar 2010, at 15:06, Brian O'Mahony wrote: > >> I am installing a machine in a remote location, using a DRAC. I have >> the iso on a local fileserver and am mounting the DVD via a windows >> workstation, located at the remote location, that I am connecting to >> via RDP. >> >> I have disabled all boot options other than VirtualCD in the BIOS. I >> have the network cables unplugged, except the DRAC. >> >> The machine boots from the DRAC ti the RHEL install setup. It asks >> me for Language, then Keyboard, then it comes up with: >> >> Installation Method >> Local CDROM >> Hard Drive >> NFS Image >> FTP >> HTTP >> >> But none of these seem to work (I know that with the NICs >> disconnected the NFS & FTP wouldn't work). >> >> Even though the DRAC is booting from the DVD and can see it, does it >> need to also have network access to see the iso? > > > Mentioning your use of RDP is irrelevant. It only confused me. > > If you're using the DRAC to mount the .iso image as "virtual media" > and boot the system that way, then it should be seen as a local drive > to the host machine. I fear other responses may be clupea rubra. > > Try it with an XP CD or another distro - E.G. systemrescueCD. The > virtual media drive should appear as /dev/sr0 or something. > > Here's a system booted on the virtual media of an iDRAC6: > > r...@sysresccd /root % ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/usb- > iDRAC_Virtual_CD_20080519-0:0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-03-11 18:56 /dev/disk/by-id/usb- > iDRAC_Virtual_CD_20080519-0:0 -> ../../sr1 > r...@sysresccd /root % > > Stroller. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
