Thanks to everyone for their suggestions here. I'm not real familiar with Grub, but need to be, so I'm going to play with what you're saying before going to the "real" server. Last thing I want to do is make the server not bootable or something.
Thanks! James At 09:18 AM 2/3/2002 +1100, you wrote: >On 10:38 02 Feb 2002, Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >| On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 04:50, James Pifer wrote: >| > Anyone have experience with installing Redhat 7.2 on Compaq Proliants? I >| > installed 7.2 on a 1600 and used Grub. Now I can't get into the Compaq >| > Smartstart partition. For those of you that don't know, on a Proliant >| > system you can hit F10 at a certain point to get into the system >| > configuration which is stored on it's own partition on the drive. >| > >| > When I hit F10 it immediately brings up the Grub menu. Any ideas on why I >| > can't get into the system configuration and how I can fix it so I can? > >You can't get in because F10 was implemented in the original boot block for >the drive. Your grub install overwrote this. > >Not to worry, I made the same mistake on a Deskpro (which I'm now prepared to >consider a feature). > >The Smartstart stuff is merely a bootable DOS partition. Use fdisk to >figure out which partition it's on (it's a 10meg DOS partition, near >the end of the disc as I recall) and add a clause to grub.conf for this. > >It happens that that machine is right beside me - I'll just boot it up... > >Ok, my /boot/grub/grub.conf clause looks like this: > > title COMPAQ > rootnoverify (hd0,2) > chainloader +1 > >Puts a "COMPAQ" entry in the grub menu. Works just fine. "fdisk /dev/hda" >says that the Compaq partition is /dev/hda3, which is why it's "(hd0,2)" >in the grub config - hda1 is hd(0,0) and so forth. Which partition it is >for you will probably be different, depending how you set up the machine. > >Bret Hughes says: >| Your best bet is to put the bootloader on the first partition. THat >| way, the f10 deal will work as expected and lilo at least is very happy >| on the two proliant 3000s we have. Compaq has a fair amount of info on >| their site at >| http://www.compaq.com/linux >| >| more specifically: >| >| http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/linux/compaq-howto.html > >I second this, too: the doco on the Compaq site is extensive and useful (in >stark contrast to some other manufacturers). > >But you don't _have_ to use their boot block - grub is enough (and I prefer >it with grub, now that I'm doing it that way). > >Cheers, >-- >Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ > >Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. > --Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
