[gentoo-user] Gentoo Instalation CD SCSI problem on Dell PowerEdge 4400

[gentoo-user] Gentoo Instalation CD SCSI problem on Dell PowerEdge 4400

[Khan]

Hello,

I'm trying to install Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge 4400. I'm using 2005.0 
live CD, but it fails when it tries to detect SCSI adapter, so I can't 
even run Live CD.

Any Help,

TNX
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Instalation CD SCSI problem on Dell PowerEdge 4400

[Tony "FragBait0" Levi]

Khan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge 4400. I'm using 2005.0 
> live CD, but it fails when it tries to detect SCSI adapter, so I can't 
> even run Live CD.
>
> Any Help,
>
> TNX

Have you even got a scsi adapter?
Does using noscsi on the boot command-line help?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Instalation CD SCSI problem on Dell PowerEdge 4400

[Zac Medico]

Khan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge 4400. I'm using 2005.0 
> live CD, but it fails when it tries to detect SCSI adapter, so I can't 
> even run Live CD.
> 
> Any Help,
> 
> TNX

That sounds kind of like this bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78636

Does it give you an oportunity to have a shell?  If so then you might be able to run udevstart to make the devices appear.

Zac
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Instalation CD SCSI problem on Dell PowerEdge 4400

[Khan]

Zac Medico wrote:
> Khan wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to install Gentoo on Dell PowerEdge 4400. I'm using 2005.0 
>> live CD, but it fails when it tries to detect SCSI adapter, so I can't 
>> even run Live CD.
>>
>> Any Help,
>>
>> TNX
> 
> 
> That sounds kind of like this bug: 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78636
> 
> Does it give you an oportunity to have a shell?  If so then you might be 
> able to run udevstart to make the devices appear.

I have message:

No bootable medium found, waiting for new device. It seems that it 
cannot mount cdrom.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Instalation CD SCSI problem on Dell PowerEdge 4400

[Jonathan Nichols]

> 
> I have message:
> 
> No bootable medium found, waiting for new device. It seems that it 
> cannot mount cdrom.

What SCSI card is in the machine? PERC 2? PERC 3/d?

I believe the 4400 had a SCSI CD-ROM device too.

You may have the older Megaraid controller, which seems to seriously 
lack support in the newer LiveCDs. I had to do a Knoppix installation 
because NONE of the Gentoo LiveCDs (even went back to 2004.1) would let 
me mount my SCSI RAID array because the controller wasn't being found. 
Knoppix allowed me to find it properly and do the installation. It's 
been great ever since.

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