RH7.2 & X345 install

[Rick Stevens]

Stamper, Steve wrote:
> Thanks for the success stories. 
> 
> We're stuck at 7.2 until some of our software vendors can get off their 
> duffs and support newer versions. 
> 
> Your e-mail gave me an idea.  I grabbed a copy of RHAS3 and tried it.  
> Installed perfectly.  (I was starting to wonder if we might have a bad 
> system.)  I now know that hardware is just fine. 
> 
> Our parent company is forcing us to move off our HP/Compaq system and go 
> to IBM so I will need to keep digging.  Thanks again for your help!

No problem.  You might check IBM's site to see if they have a driver
disk for 7.2 for the 345's controller.  If so, you may be able to solve
the problem by using IBM's driver and installing vi "install dd".

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:07 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: RH7.2 & X345 install
> 
> 
> Stamper, Steve wrote:
>  > I'm trying to install RH7.2 on an IBM x345
>  >
>  > The base install goes fine (special disk driver required) however after
>  > the initial reboot the system hangs with:
>  >
>  >         ERROR: /bin/insmod exited abnormally!
>  >         ...
>  >         pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed:2
>  >         Freeing unused kernel memory: 220k freed
>  >         Kernel panic: No init found.  Try passing init= option to 
> kernel.
>  >
>  > Anyone had a simular experience with a happy ending?
> 
> First, why are you using such an ancient version of Linux.  7.2 was end-
> of-lifed long ago and is no longer supported by Red Hat (fedora legacy
> does support it, but I don't know for how long).
> 
> Second, it appears that either your initrd image is corrupted or the
> driver in it is corrupted as insmod is dying when trying to load it to
> bring up your root partition.
> 
> We've installed 7.3, 8.0, 9 and FC1 on x330s, x342s and x345s with no
> problems.  7.3 and 8.0 are also end-of-lifed but supported by fedora
> legacy.  9 will be end-of-lifed April 30, 2004 (little over a month
> from now...geeze!).
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