Trying again since the mailing list says I have a 'suspiscous header'.
I have been told to get linux running on two HP DL360G4p machines
(ancient rackmount xeon stuff). Unfortunately, while isolinux boots
fine from CDROM, and extlinux can boot a USB stick, I cannot get
extlinux to boot from the CCISS hard disks (two disks in hardware raid
1 configuration). I searched on google a lot, and found (very old,
many years ago) messages saying these machines have bad BIOS and we
should upgrade. We did find a 2007 BIOS upgrade CD iso image from HP,
but it claimed the machines were up-to-date.
1. Is this still a known issue?
2. If so, is there a known workaround besides changing
bootloaders, or booting the machine from a cdrom every time?
We were using extlinux from syslinux-3.85 compiled for 32 bit to boot
64 bit linux-2.6.32.10. Everything works for all our other
equipment, just not these specific machines.
We are scheduled to go back on site in two days to try again, and
I was hoping somebody on this list has experience with this hardware
and can provide some hints on what to try. When we boot, we don't get
a single byte on the screen from syslinux, the machine just hangs. We
did wait 5 minutes just in case it was slow, but that didn't help. We
used vesamenu, but the exact same vesamenu works great with isolinux
booted from a CDROM, so I don't think it is a graphics card issue.
This is with the 'Smart Array 6i Controller'. The information we
could get form the BIOS with F9 was this:
Product Id: 380325-371
HP BIOS P54 08/16/2005
Backup Version 08/16/2005
Bootblock 03/16/2004
The cpu is Xeon 3 ghz Family 15, Model ID 4, Stepping 3, and
hyperthreading and no-execute are enabled in the BIOS.
Thank you,
JGH
Maybe I missunderstand your problem. You want to do something like "localboot 0" to boot off the local harddrive? Please try Localboot 0x80 Or go back to 3.36 which is the last known to me supporting localboot 0 syntax. BTW, the latest G4p BIOS is dated 07/16/2007 Thomas P.S. I don't think those G4 Boxes are old... we still have 1850R in service in out Datacenter :-)> -----Original Message----- > From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com > [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of BuraphaLinux Server > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:38 AM > To: syslinux at zytor.com > Subject: [syslinux] extlinux issue > > Trying again since the mailing list says I have a 'suspiscous header'. > > I have been told to get linux running on two HP DL360G4p machines > (ancient rackmount xeon stuff). Unfortunately, while isolinux boots > fine from CDROM, and extlinux can boot a USB stick, I cannot get > extlinux to boot from the CCISS hard disks (two disks in hardware raid > 1 configuration). I searched on google a lot, and found (very old, > many years ago) messages saying these machines have bad BIOS and we > should upgrade. We did find a 2007 BIOS upgrade CD iso image from HP, > but it claimed the machines were up-to-date. > > 1. Is this still a known issue? > 2. If so, is there a known workaround besides changing > bootloaders, or booting the machine from a cdrom every time? > > We were using extlinux from syslinux-3.85 compiled for 32 bit to boot > 64 bit linux-2.6.32.10. Everything works for all our other > equipment, just not these specific machines. > > We are scheduled to go back on site in two days to try again, and > I was hoping somebody on this list has experience with this hardware > and can provide some hints on what to try. When we boot, we don't get > a single byte on the screen from syslinux, the machine just hangs. We > did wait 5 minutes just in case it was slow, but that didn't help. We > used vesamenu, but the exact same vesamenu works great with isolinux > booted from a CDROM, so I don't think it is a graphics card issue. > > This is with the 'Smart Array 6i Controller'. The information we > could get form the BIOS with F9 was this: > > Product Id: 380325-371 > HP BIOS P54 08/16/2005 > Backup Version 08/16/2005 > Bootblock 03/16/2004 > > The cpu is Xeon 3 ghz Family 15, Model ID 4, Stepping 3, and > hyperthreading and no-execute are enabled in the BIOS. > > Thank you, > > JGH > > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > >
On 03/30/2010 11:37 PM, BuraphaLinux Server wrote:> Trying again since the mailing list says I have a 'suspiscous header'. > > I have been told to get linux running on two HP DL360G4p machines > (ancient rackmount xeon stuff). Unfortunately, while isolinux boots > fine from CDROM, and extlinux can boot a USB stick, I cannot get > extlinux to boot from the CCISS hard disks (two disks in hardware raid > 1 configuration). I searched on google a lot, and found (very old, > many years ago) messages saying these machines have bad BIOS and we > should upgrade. We did find a 2007 BIOS upgrade CD iso image from HP, > but it claimed the machines were up-to-date. > > 1. Is this still a known issue? > 2. If so, is there a known workaround besides changing > bootloaders, or booting the machine from a cdrom every time? >This is not a known issue. The previously known issue was related to going from PXE to doing a disk boot *only*. I have not seen a problem with booting directly from CCISS using extlinux. I happen to have one test machine which is a DL360 G2, but that is way older than the kit you have. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.