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Had to setup a Opteron-Server machine with CentOS 4.3 for my job. | Had to setup a Opteron-Server machine with CentOS 4.3 for my job. | ||
Hardware-specs | == Hardware-specs == | ||
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First installation-attempt failed due to a missing 3ware driver module. CentOS 4.3 provides a 3ware 9xxx module but no 3ware 95xx module, which is required for the 3ware RAID-C SATA-2 9550SX-4LP card used in the system (CentOS 4.4 comes with the updated driver by default). | |||
For details see http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546, you should be able to download a driver module for CentOS 4.3 64 bit from there and install it with <tt>linux dd</tt>. | |||
Downloaded archive | |||
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|RedHat AS/ES/WS4 (update 3)/ CentOS 4.3 | |||
|2.6.9-34.EL | |||
|64-bit | |||
|Intel (EM64T) 64-bit or AMD (Opteron) 64-bit | |||
|56-3w-95xx_rhws4u3-installdisk-x86_64-9.3.0.4.zip | |||
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Content of the zip needs to be expanded onto a floppy disk and installed with <tt>linux dd</tt>, see the article for details. | |||
Disk works, controller is beeing recognized by the CentOS-installer, standard server installation including development tools and basic X support. Network configured via DHCP. SELinux disabled on install. Fine-tuning later. | |||
Revision as of 10:35, 9 November 2006
Installation
Had to setup a Opteron-Server machine with CentOS 4.3 for my job.
Hardware-specs
| Operating system | CentOS 4.3 x86_64, a RHEL clone (i.e. 64bit Linux) |
| CPUs | 2x Dual-core AMD Opteron 275 2.2 GHz |
| Memory | 8 GB |
| Motherboard | Tyan Thunder K8S Pro Dual S940 DCR |
| Diskspace | 500 GB RAID 1 Array |
| RAID Controller | 3ware RAID-C SATA-2 9550SX-4LP |
First installation-attempt failed due to a missing 3ware driver module. CentOS 4.3 provides a 3ware 9xxx module but no 3ware 95xx module, which is required for the 3ware RAID-C SATA-2 9550SX-4LP card used in the system (CentOS 4.4 comes with the updated driver by default).
For details see http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546, you should be able to download a driver module for CentOS 4.3 64 bit from there and install it with linux dd.
Downloaded archive
| RedHat AS/ES/WS4 (update 3)/ CentOS 4.3 | 2.6.9-34.EL | 64-bit | Intel (EM64T) 64-bit or AMD (Opteron) 64-bit | 56-3w-95xx_rhws4u3-installdisk-x86_64-9.3.0.4.zip |
Content of the zip needs to be expanded onto a floppy disk and installed with linux dd, see the article for details.
Disk works, controller is beeing recognized by the CentOS-installer, standard server installation including development tools and basic X support. Network configured via DHCP. SELinux disabled on install. Fine-tuning later.