From wxp at cn.ibm.com Sat Jun 5 04:40:14 2010 From: wxp at cn.ibm.com (Xiao Peng Wang) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:40:14 +0800 Subject: How to load the driver update disk from local dir of initrd.img? Message-ID: Hi folks, I am trying to make my anaconda/kickstart can load some specific drivers (for network or storage devices) before the installation get start. All the drivers are in driver update disk format. For the driver disk of storage, I can set the entry 'driverdisk --source=http:xxx' in the kickstart.conf, then anaconda can load it automatically from http server. But how to handle the driver for network device? Since in this time the network interface card still can not work, anaconda can NOT access the http server. Then my initiated idea is to insert the driver update disk of NIC into the initrd.img and then tell the anaconda to get the driver disk from local directory. For example: I copy the driver disk my.img to the /cum_driver/mm.img in the initrd and add the kernel parameter like "dd=/cum_driver/mm.img". The expected result is the driver in the mm.img will be loaded into the system, but in fact, the parameter "dd=/cum_driver/mm.img" could not be recognized. Any ideas about how to load the driver disk from local directory? Thank you. By the way, I known a worked solution is to insert the NIC driver modules into the /modules/modules.cgz of the initrd.img. But is's a little hard to take the driver from driver disk and insert them into the /modules/modules.cgz Thanks Best Regards ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wang Xiaopeng (???) IBM China System Technology Laboratory Tel: 86-10-82453455 Email: wxp at cn.ibm.com Address: 28,ZhongGuanCun Software Park,No.8 Dong Bei Wang West Road, Haidian District Beijing P.R.China 100193 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tapastro at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 19:18:25 2010 From: tapastro at gmail.com (Tyler Pauly) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:18:25 -0400 Subject: Problems with RHEL5 Install Message-ID: Hello, I am attempting to install RHEL5 from the 6 CD set onto my home computer. The components are: an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, an Intel i7 930 processor, some DDR3 ram and an Nvidia 480 GTX graphics card. Upon install, the program asks for drivers. I assume it is asking for my SATA controller drivers for my motherboard, but I am not sure. In addition, I have no idea whether they exist, and if they do, if they are compatible with RHEL5. Is there a(n easy) way to figure this out? I have not had luck with the drivers included on the RHEL disks. Feel free to let me know if I have not included enough information. Thank you very much! Tyler P. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ricks at nerd.com Wed Jun 30 20:58:35 2010 From: ricks at nerd.com (Rick Stevens) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:58:35 -0700 Subject: Problems with RHEL5 Install In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C2BAFFB.5040805@nerd.com> On 06/30/2010 12:18 PM, Tyler Pauly wrote: > Hello, > > I am attempting to install RHEL5 from the 6 CD set onto my home computer. > > The components are: an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, an Intel i7 930 processor, > some DDR3 ram and an Nvidia 480 GTX graphics card. > > Upon install, the program asks for drivers. I assume it is asking for my > SATA controller drivers for my motherboard, but I am not sure. In addition, > I have no idea whether they exist, and if they do, if they are compatible > with RHEL5. > > Is there a(n easy) way to figure this out? I have not had luck with the > drivers included on the RHEL disks. Feel free to let me know if I have not > included enough information. > > Thank you very much! If you have purchased RHEL5, then I'd try the normal support route. They may have a solution for you. I know that board uses a Marvell SATA controller and I'm just not sure how well supported it is on kernels earlier than 2.6.20 or so (RHEL5 uses a 2.6.18 kernel). Note also that the Marvell is a "fake RAID" (not a true hardware RAID). If you have it set up in RAID mode, try taking it down to a non-RAID configuration in the BIOS and try to install that way. If it works like that, then you'll have to run barefoot (non-RAID) or stuff in a second drive and set up a software RAID. If not, RHEL5 is based on Fedora 6 (we're on Fedora 13 now), and SATA support was somewhat sketchy back then. The latest release of RHEL5 is 5.5. If you got those CDs, you might have a better chance as 5.5 is based on a later kernel than the original 5.0 and might have better support. If you have a chance, try downloading the CentOS 5.5 disks and try them. CentOS is based on the source RPMs from Red Hat. At least, you'll have an idea as to whether it'll work. As a last resort, try downloading the Fedora 13 Live CD and boot that. If it boots and you can install to your hard drive from there, then at least you'll know that RHEL6 will probably support it out of the box (rumor is that RHEL6 will be based on F13 eventually). Sorry I can't help a heck of a lot more than that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From tapastro at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 21:08:46 2010 From: tapastro at gmail.com (Tyler Pauly) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:08:46 -0400 Subject: Problems with RHEL5 Install In-Reply-To: <4C2BAFFB.5040805@nerd.com> References: <4C2BAFFB.5040805@nerd.com> Message-ID: That helped plenty Rick, thanks! Unfortunately, I can't take the normal support route. I was able to obtain RHEL through my university's IT department; unfortunately, they are also my only avenue of support, and they are a bit lacking. I might try out F13 and see how it works. If that is a no-go, guess I'll wait until RHEL6. Thanks! Tyler On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 06/30/2010 12:18 PM, Tyler Pauly wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am attempting to install RHEL5 from the 6 CD set onto my home computer. >> >> The components are: an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, an Intel i7 930 >> processor, >> some DDR3 ram and an Nvidia 480 GTX graphics card. >> >> Upon install, the program asks for drivers. I assume it is asking for my >> SATA controller drivers for my motherboard, but I am not sure. In >> addition, >> I have no idea whether they exist, and if they do, if they are compatible >> with RHEL5. >> >> Is there a(n easy) way to figure this out? I have not had luck with the >> drivers included on the RHEL disks. Feel free to let me know if I have not >> included enough information. >> >> Thank you very much! >> > > If you have purchased RHEL5, then I'd try the normal support route. > They may have a solution for you. I know that board uses a Marvell > SATA controller and I'm just not sure how well supported it is on > kernels earlier than 2.6.20 or so (RHEL5 uses a 2.6.18 kernel). > > Note also that the Marvell is a "fake RAID" (not a true hardware RAID). > If you have it set up in RAID mode, try taking it down to a non-RAID > configuration in the BIOS and try to install that way. If it works > like that, then you'll have to run barefoot (non-RAID) or stuff in > a second drive and set up a software RAID. > > If not, RHEL5 is based on Fedora 6 (we're on Fedora 13 now), and SATA > support was somewhat sketchy back then. The latest release of RHEL5 is > 5.5. If you got those CDs, you might have a better chance as 5.5 is > based on a later kernel than the original 5.0 and might have better > support. > > If you have a chance, try downloading the CentOS 5.5 disks and try > them. CentOS is based on the source RPMs from Red Hat. At least, > you'll have an idea as to whether it'll work. > > As a last resort, try downloading the Fedora 13 Live CD and boot that. > If it boots and you can install to your hard drive from there, then at > least you'll know that RHEL6 will probably support it out of the box > (rumor is that RHEL6 will be based on F13 eventually). > > Sorry I can't help a heck of a lot more than that. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > Subject: unsubscribe > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tapastro at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 21:08:46 2010 From: tapastro at gmail.com (Tyler Pauly) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:08:46 -0400 Subject: Problems with RHEL5 Install In-Reply-To: <4C2BAFFB.5040805@nerd.com> References: <4C2BAFFB.5040805@nerd.com> Message-ID: That helped plenty Rick, thanks! Unfortunately, I can't take the normal support route. I was able to obtain RHEL through my university's IT department; unfortunately, they are also my only avenue of support, and they are a bit lacking. I might try out F13 and see how it works. If that is a no-go, guess I'll wait until RHEL6. Thanks! Tyler On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 06/30/2010 12:18 PM, Tyler Pauly wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am attempting to install RHEL5 from the 6 CD set onto my home computer. >> >> The components are: an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, an Intel i7 930 >> processor, >> some DDR3 ram and an Nvidia 480 GTX graphics card. >> >> Upon install, the program asks for drivers. I assume it is asking for my >> SATA controller drivers for my motherboard, but I am not sure. In >> addition, >> I have no idea whether they exist, and if they do, if they are compatible >> with RHEL5. >> >> Is there a(n easy) way to figure this out? I have not had luck with the >> drivers included on the RHEL disks. Feel free to let me know if I have not >> included enough information. >> >> Thank you very much! >> > > If you have purchased RHEL5, then I'd try the normal support route. > They may have a solution for you. I know that board uses a Marvell > SATA controller and I'm just not sure how well supported it is on > kernels earlier than 2.6.20 or so (RHEL5 uses a 2.6.18 kernel). > > Note also that the Marvell is a "fake RAID" (not a true hardware RAID). > If you have it set up in RAID mode, try taking it down to a non-RAID > configuration in the BIOS and try to install that way. If it works > like that, then you'll have to run barefoot (non-RAID) or stuff in > a second drive and set up a software RAID. > > If not, RHEL5 is based on Fedora 6 (we're on Fedora 13 now), and SATA > support was somewhat sketchy back then. The latest release of RHEL5 is > 5.5. If you got those CDs, you might have a better chance as 5.5 is > based on a later kernel than the original 5.0 and might have better > support. > > If you have a chance, try downloading the CentOS 5.5 disks and try > them. CentOS is based on the source RPMs from Red Hat. At least, > you'll have an idea as to whether it'll work. > > As a last resort, try downloading the Fedora 13 Live CD and boot that. > If it boots and you can install to your hard drive from there, then at > least you'll know that RHEL6 will probably support it out of the box > (rumor is that RHEL6 will be based on F13 eventually). > > Sorry I can't help a heck of a lot more than that. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > Subject: unsubscribe > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ricks at nerd.com Wed Jun 30 21:58:50 2010 From: ricks at nerd.com (Rick Stevens) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:58:50 -0700 Subject: Problems with RHEL5 Install In-Reply-To: References: <4C2BAFFB.5040805@nerd.com> Message-ID: <4C2BBE1A.7020901@nerd.com> On 06/30/2010 02:08 PM, Tyler Pauly wrote: > That helped plenty Rick, thanks! Unfortunately, I can't take the normal > support route. I was able to obtain RHEL through my university's IT > department; unfortunately, they are also my only avenue of support, and they > are a bit lacking. > > I might try out F13 and see how it works. If that is a no-go, guess I'll > wait until RHEL6. Don't forget the CentOS 5.5 disk set too. I think that uses a later kernel than RHEL5's distribution. http://centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=15 Other than badging (logos and the like), CentOS _is_ RHEL5...built from the same source. It lags behind RHEL updates by a couple of days usually, but that's all. And it's free, too! > > Thanks! > > Tyler > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 06/30/2010 12:18 PM, Tyler Pauly wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am attempting to install RHEL5 from the 6 CD set onto my home computer. >>> >>> The components are: an Asus P6X58D-E motherboard, an Intel i7 930 >>> processor, >>> some DDR3 ram and an Nvidia 480 GTX graphics card. >>> >>> Upon install, the program asks for drivers. I assume it is asking for my >>> SATA controller drivers for my motherboard, but I am not sure. In >>> addition, >>> I have no idea whether they exist, and if they do, if they are compatible >>> with RHEL5. >>> >>> Is there a(n easy) way to figure this out? I have not had luck with the >>> drivers included on the RHEL disks. Feel free to let me know if I have not >>> included enough information. >>> >>> Thank you very much! >>> >> >> If you have purchased RHEL5, then I'd try the normal support route. >> They may have a solution for you. I know that board uses a Marvell >> SATA controller and I'm just not sure how well supported it is on >> kernels earlier than 2.6.20 or so (RHEL5 uses a 2.6.18 kernel). >> >> Note also that the Marvell is a "fake RAID" (not a true hardware RAID). >> If you have it set up in RAID mode, try taking it down to a non-RAID >> configuration in the BIOS and try to install that way. If it works >> like that, then you'll have to run barefoot (non-RAID) or stuff in >> a second drive and set up a software RAID. >> >> If not, RHEL5 is based on Fedora 6 (we're on Fedora 13 now), and SATA >> support was somewhat sketchy back then. The latest release of RHEL5 is >> 5.5. If you got those CDs, you might have a better chance as 5.5 is >> based on a later kernel than the original 5.0 and might have better >> support. >> >> If you have a chance, try downloading the CentOS 5.5 disks and try >> them. CentOS is based on the source RPMs from Red Hat. At least, >> you'll have an idea as to whether it'll work. >> >> As a last resort, try downloading the Fedora 13 Live CD and boot that. >> If it boots and you can install to your hard drive from there, then at >> least you'll know that RHEL6 will probably support it out of the box >> (rumor is that RHEL6 will be based on F13 eventually). >> >> Sorry I can't help a heck of a lot more than that. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - >> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - >> - - >> - What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free? - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Redhat-install-list mailing list >> Redhat-install-list at redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list >> To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: >> redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com >> Subject: unsubscribe >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com > Subject: unsubscribe -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks at nerd.com - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Do you know where _your_ towel is? - ----------------------------------------------------------------------