Dell PowerEdge 500SC - Manual (Page 2)

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IDE Tape Drive Support
To use an IDE tape drive ordered with your system running Red Hat Linux 7.1, you must
add the following lines to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
modprobe ide-scsi
hdparm -d0 /dev/hd
x
mt -f /dev/st0 stoptions no-blklimits
where x is the assigned drive letter for the tape drive.
NOTE: IDE tape drives installed in systems running Red Hat Linux 7.1 must use the ide-scsi
driver module and can be accessed as /dev/st0.
Enabling ATA-100 Support
To enable ATA-100 support for the IDE hard drives on your system running
Red Hat Linux 7.1, you must complete the following steps:
1 Enter the System Setup program and set the Maximum UDMA Mode to ATA-100.
NOTE: See the Dell PowerEdge 500SC Systems Information Update for further
instructions on setting the Maximum UDMA Mode.
2 Download and install the 2.4.3-12 (or later) kernel from http://www.redhat.com.
3 Add an entry for the new kernel in /etc/lilo.conf.
4 Type the following at the top section of /etc/lilo.conf:
append=”ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66”
5 Type lilo -v at the command prompt to apply the changes made to /etc/lilo.conf.
6 Restart the system.
Dell OpenManage Server Agent Support
Server Agent is not currently supported on PowerEdge 500SC systems running
Red Hat Linux 7.1.
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