[TriLUG] Dell 2400 and Linux

[Janyne Kizer]

Robert Wagoner wrote:
> 
> Janyne,
> 
> There are several possibilities here, depending on how the setup was
> done.
> 
> Do you still have a utility partition?  Run fdisk /dev/sda to make sure
> it still exists.

Yes, in fact when I boot from the Utilities CD and go to create it again
it says one already exists, do I want to update it?

> If you let the Red Hat installer take the entire drive, it would have
> deleted the Dell utility partition.

No, I partitioned it by hand and left the existing partition in place/

> If the utility partition is intact, you may still have a problem if
> it's not flagged bootable in fdisk.

Ah!  Good point.  I'll have to check this out.

> Typical installs flag the /boot partition as the default one to start.
> You can change that,
> but grub and/or lilo trickery may also be needed.

Boo!  OK, this puts me on the right track at least.


> 
> Tell us more about your configuration, and I'll see if I can help.
> 
> (Mine is Oracle8i, RH7.2, dual-CPU PowerEdge, happy, happy)

PowerEdge 2400 dual CPU, 1 GB RAM with RH 7.2.  Using the servers to
boot diskless xterms via tftp and then use as a file server. 

> --
> Robert
> 
> >>> janyne_kizer at ncsu.edu 2/20/02 1:41 PM >>>
> I have some Dell 2400 servers that I plan to deploy with RH 7.2.  I
> have
> run into a small problem with the Utilities paritition on these
> machines. I create the partition and I can boot from it fine.  I
> install
> Linux and I can no longer boot from it.  I don't know if that
> overwrote
> something or what.  Have any of you run into this situation?
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> 
> Janyne Kizer
> CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
> Systems Programmer Administrator I
> NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
> Extension and Administrative Technology Services
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Janyne Kizer
CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
Systems Programmer Administrator I
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension and Administrative Technology Services
Phone: (919) 515-3609