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A CD install of AS2.1 on Yellowstone fails. This system uses a USB cdrom and the installer loads the usb-storage driver and detects the cdrom but when it passes the type of media used for installation and if local CD-rom is picked, it asks to insert RH AS2.1 cd and can\\\'t pass that window. In vt3, it says trying to mound device scd0 repeatedly. ---------- Action by: tmichael Issue Registered ---------- Action by: tmichael Following the loading of drivers in vt4, usb-storage gets loaded, detecting all usb devices, and is unloaded before loading any scsi drivers, thus disconnecting the usb devices (cdrom in this case). Is there a way to force it to stay loaded? I tried the scsi driver to be dependent on usb-storage by editing the modules.dep in initrd but it didn't work. Status set to: Waiting on Tech ---------- Action by: ltroan NOTE FROM TESFAMARIAM.................... Any update on this? Thanks, Tesfamariam -----Original Message----- From: Michael, Tesfamariam Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:18 PM To: 'Larry Troan' Cc: Kaisner, Dale; Matt Wilson Subject: RE: AS2.1 installation help for Yellowstone I created an issue tracker (#14777). What seems to happen is that, usb-storage driver gets loaded and then before other scsi driver is loaded, usb-storage is been unloaded, which mean no access to the usb-cdrom. Is there a way to reloaded it again or keep it loaded from ks.cfg or somewhere? If I choose a network install, once I get a shell, I can load the driver and mount the cdrom but this wont help us since DSA can't do a network install, it must use the cdrom. Thanks, Tesfamariam ---------- Action by: ltroan Tesfamarian, I checked with Michael Fulbright to confirm this is the same problem we diagnosed when someone from Dell was trying to install AS on blades using a USB CD-ROM for LinuxWorld. The answer is "yes, it is the same problem" and there are no plans to respin anaconda before AS 3.0. --- If you must install via USB CD-ROM, Michael suggests someone at Dell take the Loader from a 7.3 anaconda and incorporate it on a CD with the other AS 2.1 anaconda code and packages. The problem was found and fixed in one of the 7.3 betas but was not backported to AS2.1. --- The other alternative would be to do a net install (bootnet.img) via a USB floppy and one of the board's EN NICs to a remote server... or via a PXE installation. Sorry I can't give you a better answer. Larry Status set to: Waiting on Client ---------- Action by: tmichael I already replaced the binary 'loader' file in initrd.img of AS2.1 in dosutils/autoboot/initrd.img from RH8.0 but it was showing the say behavior. I used the one from 8.0 since 8.0 is working ok with DSA and my configuration, let me know if I must use the one in 7.3. I have done a few network installs but since I am trying to find a solution for DSA, a local CD must be used. Any work-around is appreciated. Thanks, Tesfamariam Status set to: Waiting on Tech ---------- Action by: msw please test images at http://people.redhat.com/msw/bladecenter/ -- these images should address your problems. ---------- Action by: ltroan Talked with Matt Wilson and there are two scenarios here to resolve the problem: 1) The simplier for RH is to use the floppy on the msw's bladecenter URL above to boot and then plug in USB-CDROM. 2) If not acceptable, we will need to look at respinning CD#1 to include the new initrd.img which fixed the basic problem on 7.3 and beyond. tmichael assigned to issue for Dell-Engineering. Status set to: Waiting on Client ---------- Action by: tmichael Since the Shredder has only a single USB port and no usb-hub support from BIOS, I don't think unplugging usb-floppy and plugging usb-cd in the middle of installation is a good solution, at least for customer experience. Item 2 sounds good but if the installation can be restricted for DSA only, We might just need the new initrd.img with the fixes (no need to respin CD1 but give me the initrd to verify). Status set to: Waiting on Tech ---------- Action by: ltroan NOTE FROM TMICHAEL... Larry, when can I expect to have the initrd.img for this issue? Thanks, Tesfamariam ---------- Action by: ltroan Tesfamariam, Matt Wilson suggests you extract the initrd image from the boot disk on his people page http://people.redhat.com/msw/bladecenter/AS-2.1-dd.img/. If this is a problem, let me know and We'll extract it here and append it to this Issue Tracker. Status set to: Waiting on Client ---------- Action by: tmichael I extracted the files there but I can't replace our initrd.img since it has more newer drivers such as megaraid and mptfusion. I am attaching the initrd.img we use now, so you could make the changes to it or suggest what changes we should make... Status set to: Waiting on Tech File uploaded: initrd21.img ISSUE TRACKER 14777 opened by Dell as sev 1 - image needed for Yellowstone install.
initrd21.img attached to Issue Tracker 14777 -- too large to append to bugzilla.
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The issue tracker to which this was attached has been closed by client, as of 03-06-2003 07:13pm. Closing this. I'm not entirely sure 'Currentrelease' is totally accurate, but none of the other options even seem to come close...