HP Netserver Symbios controller issue

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Group;

I tried installing Red Hat Fedora Core 1 on above server. HP web site says
RH 6.x supported, that's it. When I try and install, the OS sees the hard
drives, plans on formatting, but then fails as it tries to load the image to
the drive, saying the drive must be full - remove some files and try again.
Of course the drives are clean.

Any suggestions?

TNX

Doug

 

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RH 6.x? Replace the Symbios controller with an Adaptec or other better
supported SCSI host adapter. Which Symbios chip on which NetServer? Integrate
the older Linux modules for the Symbios chip into Fedora Core 1? Suse?
Mandrake?

My experience is that Linux usually burps and belches at new hardware.
Apparently the Red Hat folk may have dropped support for the Symbios chip, an
older one... Ben Myers

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:35:41 GMT, "Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adress"
<dholtzNOSPAM@wi.rr.com> wrote:

>Group;
>
>I tried installing Red Hat Fedora Core 1 on above server. HP web site says
>RH 6.x supported, that's it. When I try and install, the OS sees the hard
>drives, plans on formatting, but then fails as it tries to load the image to
>the drive, saying the drive must be full - remove some files and try again.
>Of course the drives are clean.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>TNX
>
>Doug
>
>

 

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Hi Ben;

I was able to install Red Hat 7.3 on it. It's the same version I run on my
DEC Prioris XL PPro 200. Runs a lot faster than the 200

Maybe I'll be able to do an upgrade to a newer version.

Doug

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41e89779.30266409@nntp.charter.net...
> RH 6.x? Replace the Symbios controller with an Adaptec or other better
> supported SCSI host adapter. Which Symbios chip on which NetServer?
> Integrate
> the older Linux modules for the Symbios chip into Fedora Core 1? Suse?
> Mandrake?
>
> My experience is that Linux usually burps and belches at new hardware.
> Apparently the Red Hat folk may have dropped support for the Symbios chip,
> an
> older one... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:35:41 GMT, "Doug Holtz NOSPAM in adress"
> <dholtzNOSPAM@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Group;
>>
>>I tried installing Red Hat Fedora Core 1 on above server. HP web site
>>says
>>RH 6.x supported, that's it. When I try and install, the OS sees the hard
>>drives, plans on formatting, but then fails as it tries to load the image
>>to
>>the drive, saying the drive must be full - remove some files and try
>>again.
>>Of course the drives are clean.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>TNX
>>
>>Doug
>>
>>
>