IBM Bladecenter and Fedora Core 2

[fkroeger at iinet.net.au]

Yes - ISO was the standard one from the fc2 site (2.6.5-1.358). It 
automatically installed the smp version.  I have since updated to 2.6.6-1.438 
OK.
Interestingly, there appears to be a difference between the blades.
The new one (as well as fc2 install not being able to see the disks) also 
couldn't determine the monitor type, so I selected a generic LCD display.
This was good enough to let me continue to the disk partition where it bombed 
out.

Regards...  Fred


> 
> That is interesting. The FC2 you used was the ISO image from the site? I 
> burned the iso image on the 1st and we ran into the aforementioned 
> problems. I am not in charge of the Bladecenter either (so much cool 
> technology which I don't get to play with). Is there a version with the 
> bladecenter (or blades)?
> 
> We also ran into something with the APG display with the SMP kernel which 
> was fixed around June 3 (no, I can't find the message any more)
> 
> Benji
> 
> At 10:00 AM 6/17/2004, you wrote:
> >Benji - I installed FC2 without a hitch on an IBM Bladecentre (The blade 
> >server is a single CPU, single disk model). I selected the buttons for the 
> >monitor & CDROM, powered up the blade & it found the CD & displayed the 
> >install messages to the screen.  I configured both network interfaces 
> >OK.  It installed the SMP kernel as well.
> >
> >Pleased with my success I am now trying to duplicate my efforts on our 
> >Production Blades.  These have 2 CPU's and 2 disks on board.  The snag I 
> >have hit is that it uses a MegaRAID IDE controller.  When I go to 
> >partition the disk it displays a message stating that there were no disks 
> >found.
> >Regards...   Fred Kroeger
> >
> >
> >
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