If Roy can't solve it for you, I fooled around with an old digital(p200 pro's) server once with a Knoppix CD. It seemed to detect everything ok and let me format the scsi drives, etc..
That may be an option for you. Installing from knoppix or any other distro is not that difficult as long as itruns a new enough kernel that allows you to chroot to the gentoo file strucure. Tomsrootboot no longer will. Hope this helps. On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 05:37, Goran Kavrecic wrote: > Na 1074255263, 2004-01-16 ob 13:14, je Roy Kidder napisal(a): > > What model Compaq is the server? > Compaq Proliant 2500R > > > What about the SCSI/RAID controller? > lspci reports: > LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 03) > > > When you say the install fails, what exactly happens? > While installing with G1.4 CD it does not recognize the SCSI and starts > to report things like: > Dependancy info is missing.lease run: > # /sbin/pscan.sh > to fix this. > Could not get dependancy fo for "checkfs"! > ... > then it repeats the same message for: > - chekroot > - clock > - hostname > - local > - metalog > - modules > - ... > but if finally enters the root user. > > While starting the RescueCD(0.2.9) in freezes immediatelly after > 'mounting proc...' is ok. After that I started with 'noscsi' option and > come a litle further 'mounting local filesystems [ok]' and then freeze. > > Goran > > > > > I loathe most Compaq hardware, but since my company has made the decision > > to standardize on it, I've got experience jumping through a few hoops > > often times necessary to getting it working. > > > > Roy > > > > > > Goran Kavrecic said: > > > I have a solid piece of hardware named Compaq. It's a rack mounted > > > machine with an astonishing P-200 processor and 4 SCSI disks. > > > I tried with several distributions, but all failed. Finally I managed > > > to install a debian 3.0 on it. It runs a ftp/http server. Everything is > > > ok. > > > > > > But some time ago I discovered Gentoo and I replaced my desktop > > > distribution from RH to G1.4. I'm happy with that. I would like to have > > > Gentoo also on the server, just to manage a single distribution. > > > > > > I tried several times installing it, but always failed. I also tried > > > with the (gentoo based) Rescue CD 0.2.9 (www.sysresccd.org) which works > > > great on other machines, but no luck. Now I don't know how to proceed. > > > I included a part of the booting process where the SCSI driver is > > > mentioned. > > > > > > Can somebody help? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Goran > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
