Installing SCO OpenServer v5.07 on an HP ML350 G5 server


 
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Old 03-14-2008
Installing SCO OpenServer v5.07 on an HP ML350 G5 server

Hi there

We are trying to install SCO OpenServer v5.07 on an HP ML350 G5 server.

I have downloaded the drivers from HP's website, but are getting nowhere. (I feel that I am going round in circles - every time I google for the drivers, I end up here.) Smilie

What happens is we create the driver disks successfully, and when sco boots, we type in the following bootstring :

Code:
defbootstr link=ciss

and also

Code:
defbootstr link=ciss hd=Sdsk Sdsk=ciss(0,0,0,0) Srom=wd(0,0,0)

Everything goes well, we are prompted to insert the stiffy with the driver, it loads the driver, and then tells us that there is a clash with the character major - we can either proceed with the new default of 9, or reinstall the driver.

The install program comes up, asks you for the keyboard layout, and the license number and license code. Then it terminates with the message that there is no root device. Smilie

Also, we have created the array with the HP array configuration utility, so there is a logical drive.

The driver we downloaded from HP's website is : HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server series- Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center

Your help and assistance will be appreciated.

Kind regards

Libs
# 2  
Old 03-14-2008
Remove the Sdsk=ciss(0,0,0,0) from the bootstring.
You are forcing the install program to only look for that specific scsi address.
On many RAID host adapters, bus 1 is used, not bus 0.
# 3  
Old 03-14-2008
the new ML 350 G5 servers come with SAS hard disk
this means new technology, wich is serial adapter scsi, the new generation of scsi, which mean that has to be bot with a new string containing the new driver, in this case "hpsas", the complete string on boot as follows:

defbootstr link=hpsas hd=Sdsk Sdsk=hpsas(0,0,0,0) Srom=wd(0,0,0)

hope it helps you
# 4  
Old 03-15-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by jactroo
the new ML 350 G5 servers come with SAS hard disk
this means new technology, wich is serial adapter scsi, the new generation of scsi, which mean that has to be bot with a new string containing the new driver, in this case "hpsas", the complete string on boot as follows:

defbootstr link=hpsas hd=Sdsk Sdsk=hpsas(0,0,0,0) Srom=wd(0,0,0)

hope it helps you
Thanks, it helped a lot. Smilie
# 5  
Old 03-15-2008
no problem, glad to help !! Smilie
# 6  
Old 05-19-2008
Network unable to install SCO openserver

Hi The_Librarian I SAW UR THREAD ON INSTALLATION OF SCO OPENSERVER 5.0.7. ON HP ML 370 G5 SMART ARRAY P400. I WISH TO KNOW THE DRIVER THAT U DOWNLOADED FROM HP SITE AND WHAT TO DO I TRIED DOWNLOADING ROMPAQ BUT WHEN I INSERT THE DISKETTE IN THE DRIVE IT WAS COMPLAING THAT THE SYSTEM COULD NOT LOCATE THE BIOS. I WILL APPRECIATE IF U COULD JUST GIVE ME THE TWICKLE OF THE DRIVER TO DOWNLOAD AND DUMP ON DISKETTES . IT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY.4
THANKS TO ALL. I NEED HELP I HAVE BEEN ON THIS SINCE THREE WEEKS AGO.

THANX
# 7  
Old 05-21-2008
Davosky,. download th pack for create diskettes from
HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server series- HP ProLiant Extended Feature Supplement for SCO OpenServer Release 5 - HP Business Support Center
that P400 uses the same as hpsas, just use the same string above, hope this help you, and the bios message, did you configure the array??, good luck

Last edited by jactroo; 05-22-2008 at 08:57 PM..
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