problems for installing fedora 7 on a poweredge 1650

[Langdon Stevenson]

Eric Doutreleau wrote:
> I m tryng to install fedora 7 on this beast and the installer is stuck
> at early stage.
> 
> indeed i have at the screen
> loading vmlinuz
> loading initrd.img
> Ready
> 
> and nothing happened after
> 
> i choose text or graphic but i got the same thing
> 
> i succeed install other server with the same CD
> 
> did someone already had this problem?

One thing worth checking with Dell PowerEdge equipment is that the SCSI 
controllers firmware is up to date.  I had this exact same issue with a 
PE2300 recently.  Upgrading the firmware, as well as manually loading 
the required megaraid driver worked for that machine.

I don't remember off hand what controller card the 1650 has in it, but 
if it is an older PERC card then you have to coax it a bit.  I made some 
posts over the last two weeks about PERC cards and Dell hardware, so 
have a look at them if you still have a problem.

Regards,
Langdon