Has anyone successfully performed a PXE install of SLES9 on a system with SCSI disks? The lab I'm building works flawlessly with IDE disks but fails when I use SCSI disks. In the logs it says: modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter fail=2 when I run the command alone I get needs modprobe.old. Is there anyone with a clue here? Cheers -- Steve Glines voice: 978-952-6340 www.is-cs.com fax: 978-952-8524 145 Foster Street cell: 617-549-7274 Littleton MA 01460 I'm a complex person. I have a real and an imaginary part.
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 13:05:35 -0500, Steve Glines wrote:
Has anyone successfully performed a PXE install of SLES9 on a system with SCSI disks?
The lab I'm building works flawlessly with IDE disks but fails when I use SCSI disks.
It seems quite unlikely that the problem you're having is actually related to PXE as such. You may want to test with a manual install first, debug that and then base your PXE setup on those experiences. If it turns out that your SCSI controller or your SCSI disks aren't detected, try booting with the following kernel parameter: acpi=oldboot (see http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/en/2004/08/wessels_u... for more information). HTH, -- Ray Dassen Engineer, European Support Centre, Novell Inc.
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 13:05:35 -0500, Steve Glines wrote:
Has anyone successfully performed a PXE install of SLES9 on a system with SCSI disks?
The lab I'm building works flawlessly with IDE disks but fails when I use SCSI disks.
It seems quite unlikely that the problem you're having is actually related to PXE as such. You may want to test with a manual install first, debug that and then base your PXE setup on those experiences.
If it turns out that your SCSI controller or your SCSI disks aren't detected, try booting with the following kernel parameter: acpi=oldboot (see http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/en/2004/08/wessels_u... for more information).
HTH,
Thanks - I would never have thought of that. I'll try it. For the record the target install is on a standard production HP ProLiant system (indeed the lab is at HP). Booting from a CD works just fine but when I do a PXE boot it can't find any disks. Using the exact same PXE install with an old Pavilion with IDE disks works just fine. I'll report any success or failure. SG -- Steve Glines voice: 978-952-6340 www.is-cs.com fax: 978-952-8524 145 Foster Street cell: 617-549-7274 Littleton MA 01460 I'm a complex person. I have a real and an imaginary part.
Steve Glines wrote
Has anyone successfully performed a PXE install of SLES9 on a system with SCSI disks?
The lab I'm building works flawlessly with IDE disks but fails when I use SCSI disks.
In the logs it says:
modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter fail=2
Did you specify "insmod <your scsi adapter module" explicitely in the info file? Using pxe, you can do that very easy also without tweaking the info file in the initrd. Just use pxelinux and create a pxelinuc.cfg like label linux kernel vmlinuz append vnc=1 initrd=initrd insmod=aic79xx autoyast=... so you would force the aic79xx module to be loaded before AY tries to access any disks. cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. *
Frank Steiner wrote:
Steve Glines wrote
Has anyone successfully performed a PXE install of SLES9 on a system with SCSI disks?
The lab I'm building works flawlessly with IDE disks but fails when I use SCSI disks.
In the logs it says:
modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter fail=2
Did you specify "insmod <your scsi adapter module" explicitely in the info file?
Using pxe, you can do that very easy also without tweaking the info file in the initrd. Just use pxelinux and create a pxelinuc.cfg like
label linux kernel vmlinuz append vnc=1 initrd=initrd insmod=aic79xx autoyast=...
so you would force the aic79xx module to be loaded before AY tries to access any disks.
Yes I did. See previous posts in this thread. I included insmod=aic7xxx as well as aic79xx neither had any effect on the results. Red hat loads aic7xxx by the way. Cheers -- Steve Glines voice: 978-952-6340 www.is-cs.com fax: 978-952-8524 145 Foster Street cell: 617-549-7274 Littleton MA 01460 I'm a complex person. I have a real and an imaginary part.
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