Old server help

[Liam Proven]

On 10/01/2008, Glenn S <glennlinuxmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All
> I was wondering if anyone has experience in using an old Compaq ML370 G1
> server with UBUNTU server. It is a old 2x800 proc and 1 gig mem. 3 x 9.1 gig
> scsci discs running raid 0 - 1 logical 25gig
>
> I get the following error when it gets to partitioning.
> Unable to determin geometry of file/device
> you should not use parted unless you really know what you are doing.
>
> I beleive these server use a smartstart cd or something to help setup raid
> and disc and os installations, but I cannot find one here.
>
> Do you know a work around or a place on the web to download the smartstart
> cd?

Sounds like a good solid spec. You don't say what the processors
actually are but I'd guess Pentium IIIs?

The thing you need to find out is what SCSI controller(s) it has. I
suspect it has a hardware RAID controller with all those SCSI drives
on it, and the RAID controller is making them into a single array. If
Linux supports the RAID controller, you're laughing. If it doesn't,
basically, you're doomed and you'll need to replace the controller.

TBH I doubt that the SmartStart CD will help you much even if you
could find one. You could search HP's support site and if it's not
there email them; they're fairly good about things like that.

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