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Install SCO Openserver 6.0.0 on an IBM x3500 7977E6U
Post 302180570 by qkrenge on Monday 31st of March 2008 01:53:45 PM
03-31-2008
Install SCO Openserver 6.0.0 on an IBM x3500 7977E6U
Even though IBM states that the x3500 server is Openserver 6.x compatible, it is still a bit of a trick to install SCO Openserver 6 to the machine because the standard method of installing the BTLD required to install the OS requires that the driver be written to a floppy which doesn't exist on newer machines. Here's the workaround that we found: There are probably easier ways, and I'd love to know them, but this got us by. 
-hope this helps others in the community.
Mount the ServerRAID 9.0 Support CD to an existing SCO Openserver machine
( # mount /dev/cd0 /mnt)
Use the Openserver dd command to create a floppy
( # dd if=/mnt/diskette/SAS/aacopenserver.img of=/dev/rfd0135ds18 bs=32k)
Unmount the ServerRAID CD and mount the floppy
( # umount /mnt)
( #mount /dev/fd0135ds18 /mnt)
Create a CD with the files in the directory on the floppy
(We ftp'd to the SCO machine retrieved the directories with filezilla and burned a CD from our MAC/Windows desktop)
Set up the RAID partition by pressing Control-A during boot on the X3500
Boot the Openserver 6.x CD from the X3500
When prompted to add more drivers insert the CD just burned with the driver
Reinsert the Openserver 6.x cd.
Continue the install. The SCO Openserver 6.x OS natively detects the Broadcom NIC's on the x3500.
BTW if you know of a forum somewhere that I can post this on let me know.
Note the BTLD Image is also available on Adaptec's site by searcing Openserver + serverraid 8E.
Quentin Krengel
612-605-5217
-hope this helps others in the community. Mount the ServerRAID 9.0 Support CD to an existing SCO Openserver machine
( # mount /dev/cd0 /mnt)
Use the Openserver dd command to create a floppy
( # dd if=/mnt/diskette/SAS/aacopenserver.img of=/dev/rfd0135ds18 bs=32k)
Unmount the ServerRAID CD and mount the floppy
( # umount /mnt)
( #mount /dev/fd0135ds18 /mnt)
Create a CD with the files in the directory on the floppy
(We ftp'd to the SCO machine retrieved the directories with filezilla and burned a CD from our MAC/Windows desktop)
Set up the RAID partition by pressing Control-A during boot on the X3500
Boot the Openserver 6.x CD from the X3500
When prompted to add more drivers insert the CD just burned with the driver
Reinsert the Openserver 6.x cd.
Continue the install. The SCO Openserver 6.x OS natively detects the Broadcom NIC's on the x3500.
BTW if you know of a forum somewhere that I can post this on let me know.
Note the BTLD Image is also available on Adaptec's site by searcing Openserver + serverraid 8E.
Quentin Krengel
612-605-5217
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