IBM Eserver xSeries 455, Часто задаваемые вопросы

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Operating systems
Related topics:
v “Using the diskpart utility to clear a drive” on page 5.
v “Firmware updates and recovery process” on page 8.
v “PCI hot-plug features with the Linux operating system” on page 20.
v “Enabling Wake on LAN with Linux” on page 31.
v “Remote console numeric keypad behaves unpredictably” on page 29.
Instructions for installing an operating system on the server are at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. Each set of instructions specifies everything you
need to perform the installation. Operating systems and versions that are officially
supported for the xSeries 455 server are listed on the ServerProven Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/.
Creating a CD from an ISO image when using SLES8
If you are using the SLES8 operating system, you can use the following instructions
to create a CD from an ISO image; then, see the documentation that comes with
the ISO image for further instructions.
The Linux IDE ATAPI CD-ROM device driver uses SCSI emulation for CD read and
write operations. If a boot option to enable IDE-SCSI emulation was not included
during the installation process, you must add the boot option to the elilo.conf file. In
most cases, the IDE DVD/CD-RW drive in the xSeries 455 server is the first IDE
device. To enable the IDE-SCSI emulation, add the following boot option to the
stanza for the kernel you are booting:
append="hda=ide-scsi"
For example, the kernel might have the following stanza:
image=/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=802
initrd=/initrd
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8, console=tty0"
After it is modified, the stanza appears as follows:
image=/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=802
initrd=/initrd
append="console=ttyS0,115200n8, console=tty0 hda=ide-scsi"
Restart the server.
Complete the following steps to create the CD:
1. Type the following command to verify that the IDE-SCSI device driver is loaded;
then, review the list of modules currently loaded and look for ide-scsi .
# lsmod
2. If the IDE-SCSI device driver is in the list, go to step 3 on page 16. If the
IDE-SCSI device driver is not in the list, type the following command to load the
IDE-SCSI device driver:
# insmod ide-scsi
Chapter 2. Hints and tips
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