Intel SBX44 User Manual
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Intel® Server Compute Blade SBX44 / Intel® Server Chassis SBCE
Installation Guidelines
Revision 2.1
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Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
setup (hd0)
You should see the following messages:
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 22 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+22 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2
/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded
Done.
quit
Return to the graphical installation screen
Check the box to skip boot disk creation
Complete the normal installation
Guideline 2:
How to install Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS Update 3 on a Intel® Server Compute Blade
SBX44 blade using LSI* MegaIDE RAID.
Assumptions:
- Valid driver update disk for megaide driver.
- Functional PXE and DHCP server(s).
1) Obtain the megaide driver update diskette (dud) for RHEL 2.1 update 3.
2) On the PXE server, modify RHEL 2.1 Update 3 entry in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default as follows:
a. append dd ks=nfs:
initrd=/
Create a kickstart file similar to the one below. Modify the kickstart file as desired.
Sample ks.cfg file:
#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
lang en_US
langsupport en_US
keyboard us
#Probe for Mouse