Bug 185393 – cannot install Red Hat AS 4 from basic iLO

Bug 185393 - cannot install Red Hat AS 4 from basic iLO

Summary:	cannot install Red Hat AS 4 from basic iLO

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	syslinux (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.0
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Peter Jones
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Blocks:	176344
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Reported:	2006-03-14 05:16 EST by Herta
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2006-09-05 15:50:34 EDT
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Description Herta 2006-03-14 05:16:34 EST

Description of problem:

Installing Red Hat Advanced Server AS 4 on a HP Proliant DL380G4 from basic iLO
is no longer possible.  
As soon as the installation starts, i.e. before you get to the point where you
can enter boot options to force a text based installation, the server switches
to graphics mode, effectively rendering it inaccessible from basic iLO.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Red Hat EL AS 4.
HP Proliant DL380G4 (haven't tried other systems yet)



How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. insert installation CD1 in system
2. power on system
3. connect to basic iLO
  
Actual results:
screen goes into graphics mode prior to boot prompt

Expected results:
remain in text mode to allow selection of text or graphics mode 

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dag Wieers 2006-03-14 06:00:23 EST

We have the same problem. And IBM's RSA remote console is affected as well.
This covers all recent HP and IBM hardware. (and probably other vendors)

The result is that for doing remote installations we are forced into a java GUI
that is slow and suffers from keyboard translation problems. Some keys are
simply not mapped and numbers (ie. ip-addresses) cannot be typed in the Java GUI.

Also a rescue boot becomes impossible because of this.

A discussion of this problem can be found at:

    https://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2006-March/msg00167.html

Comment 2 Dag Wieers 2006-03-14 06:01:44 EST

The somewhat more correct reference would be:

    https://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2006-March/msg00143.html

Comment 6 RHEL Product and Program Management 2006-09-05 15:41:42 EDT

The component this request has been filed against is not planned for inclusion
in the next update. The decision is based on weighting the priority and number
of requests for a component as well as the impact on the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux user-base: other components are considered having higher priority and the
number of changes we intend to include in update cycles is limited.

Comment 7 RHEL Product and Program Management 2006-09-05 15:50:35 EDT

Product Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may appeal this
decision by reopening this request.

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