Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:33:37 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: Linux installation problem |
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:14:32AM -0500, Jeremy Jackson wrote: > mshiju@in.ibm.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am trying to install Linux (redhat-7) on a ps/2 > > server-9595 machine (mca ). I am booting from a floppy > > disk and using a custom build 2.4.1 kernel image since > > there are problems booting the machine using the > > installation image on redhat CD and also it is not CD > > bootable. The problem is that after booting it asks for > > redhat CDROM and when I insert the redhat CDROM it gives > > a message "I could not find a redhat linux CDROM in any > > of your CDROM drives ". The CD drive is a SCSI device and > > I have enabled SCSI cdrom in kernel compilation . Can any > > one help me . > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Shiju > > Hi, > > I have a type 8560 PS/2... not the same as yours but I did install > slackware on it once.
8560? Isn't that a 286?! Is it processor-upgraded?
> I would suggest installing from a standard PC. Boot disks are very > inflexible, since you don't have any utilities to poke around and > figure out what's going on.
> Once you have a complete root filesystem, once you've got a kernel to > recognise your scsi adapter, (and disk), you're off to the races, and > can use all kinds of tools to look into the CDROM problem...BUT > > it's probably not going to recognise the disk either... > > check different virtual consoles with alt-f1, f2, etc: under a normal > redhat boot disk, the different vc's will have diagnostic messages, ie > kernel messages, list of modules being loaded, etc. > > maybe the best way is to be sure to compile kernel with support for > scsi subsystem *in kernel* - not module, along with scsi-disk, > scsi-cdrom, and your scsi host adapter. the last one may be the > tricky one. you will have to figure out if it is supported. (the one > in my PS/2 is at least for 2.0 kernel)
The 8595 either has an IBM FAST SCSI/2 (uses ibmmca) or an FD MCS-600/700 (uses fd_mcs).
> if you can make the kernel on the boot disk use a smaller font, > you will be able to see more of the messages at once. > > also, shift-PgUp should let you scroll back some of the messages. > look for the kernel messages from your scsi host adapter driver... > if you don't see any there's a problem! > > take a look inside your box and see what kind of scsi adapter it has. > or use your reference disk to see what it is. post that here > so someone (maybe me) can check for kernel support.
I've never ever installed any of my MCA-machines from CD, only using the a couple of boot-disks and installing the rest via net.
Oh, and for that matter, I've never installed Red Hat either, but that shouldn't matter.
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