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Works like a charm! Did this to an old HP ML350 G5.

Thanks Guys!

Ok so I managed to install the system. Also installed the kmod-cciss rpm from elrepo. But the server still doesn't boot, I always have to provide the hpsa.hpsa_longstorytoomuchtowriteeachtime, what else do I need to do?

Also is there any way to disable the Gnome effects? I always like to have a GUI till I setup the server, but it's sluggish as hell ATI ES1000 lol It was the same in Gnome 2 with those HP servers. Does xfce work ok with these cards?

Be aware that hpsa calls its devices /dev/sdX and cciss calls them /dev/cciss/c0dX so you will need to adjust fstab and grub and anything else that refers to device names.

So grub and fstab, any other files? And after modifing those will it just work?

I've never tried it so I cannot tell you. I do have G5 machines but they will only ever run CentOS 6 or 5 and by the time el6 goes EOL it'll be 2020 and they'll be past their retirement age.

TrevorH wrote:I've never tried it so I cannot tell you. I do have G5 machines but they will only ever run CentOS 6 or 5 and by the time el6 goes EOL it'll be 2020 and they'll be past their retirement age.

It was my first option also, for the same (rational) reasons, but CentOS 7 has so many goodies, I just can't install an older OS when I am installing And I rather have upstream supported Apache 2.4, Mariadb 5.5, php 5.4 and stuff.

Are there any other users that might share their experience? I have 2 x DL385 G5p and 3 x DL360 G5. More interested in 385, as the others are running pfsense just fine.

* Newbie alert *

Have just bought a DL380 G5 with dual E5430 & 16G

Am having the CentOS 7 blues with the hard drives as well. Have just installed an old laptop 2.5 SATA in slot 1 and had Fedora 16 Live on it for a bit with no problems but CentOS 7 won't see the drive.

From what I have seen on here, I'm best to get CentOS 6 for the time being and work from there?

Cheers
Mike

P.S. This is being sent from Tequila running the CentOS 7 Live CD

P.P.S The server is called Tequila (because beer isn't fast enough.....)

This thread viewtopic.php?f=49&t=51302 will surely help.

Hello,

I found the solution to install Centos 7 adding "hpsa.hpsa_simple_mode=1 hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1" in command line to find the SmartArray E200i card on my Old HP server.
But no way to boot after installation, can someone help me ?

Thank you

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