Quick Setup with Red Hat Linux 7.1 on the Compaq ProLiant ML330 and ProLiant ML330e Servers

"Quick Setup" with Red Hat Linux 7.1 on the Compaq ProLiant ML330 and ProLiant ML330e Servers 4
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4. Run qrst5.exe to create the diskettes.
5. After the diskettes have been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step
2 and all files generated.
6. To run the Compaq System Erase Utility, power down your computer, place the Compaq
System Erase Utility diskette 1 in Drive A:, then power up your computer.
If you have the SmartStart and Support Software CD-ROM, boot the server using the Compaq
SmartStart and Support Software CD-ROM. SmartStart supports manual path installation of
Linux.
Starting with a system erase ensures you begin the installation process from a known non-
configured state.
1. Boot your server using the SmartStart CD-ROM or your bootable floppy disk.
2. Select Run System Erase Utility from the Main Menu, then select Yes
3. Restart the server
Special Instructions for the ProLiant ML330e ATA
model:
If you are setting up Red Hat 7.1 Linux on a Compaq ProLiant ML330e ATA model follow the
instructions below. The Compaq ProLiant ML330e uses the CMD 649 IDE chipset. Support for
this chipset is not explicitly present in Linux kernels before 2.4.1.
IMPORTANT: Following the completion of the Red Hat 7.1 Linux installation, complete the
steps below to enable ATA-100 performance.
1. Download the SoftPaq “Compaq IDE Hard Disk Parameter Setting”, available at
http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/locate/3061.html
to a Linux server. This
package installs a small shell script to turn on DMA mode on all ATA disk drives
installed in the server at boot time causing the IDE subsystem to run in PIO mode by
default.
2. When the download is completed, extract the software:
Type # tar –xzvf sp16306.tar.gz [Enter]
The following files should be created:
• cpqhdparm-1.0-1.i386.rpm
• readme.txt