TITLE: Red Hat Linux 9 Professional CD install fails on certain ProLiant servers ================================================================================== DESCRIPTION: A CD-ROM based install of Red Hat Linux 9 Professional fails on certain ProLiant servers. The install fails to find the CD-ROM drive and prompts the user to select the type of install to perform. If CD-ROM is selected the install will again fail to find the drive and the user will end up in an endless loop until another choice is made. SCOPE: Red Hat Linux 9 Professional DL320 ML330G2 ML350G3 DL360G3 ML370G3 DL380G3 DL530G3 ML570G2 DL580G2 DL760 RESOLUTION: An updated boot floppy has been created and can be downloaded from: ftp.compaq.com The floppy is created by using either dd or rawrite. dd can be used as follows: dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k rawrite can be used as follows: rawrite Specify the name of the image file when prompted Specify the "A:" drive when prompted for destination drive. Once you have created the updated boot floppy, boot the above mentioned ProLiant server on the floppy. You may insert the CD-ROM at any time after the server begins booting on the updated floppy. If prompted, select "install from CD-ROM" and insert the Red Hat Linux 9 Professional CD when prompted. Installation should continue as normal. Note: There are two versions of this updated boot disk. * bootdisk.rhl9us.img is only for retail boxed Red Hat Linux 9 purchased in the US where the md5sum for CD #1 is: "cd8872f2e2e3a42f548ed1bf947709f0". * bootdisk.rhl9dl.img is for the supported/retail boxed Red Hat Linux 9 purchased outside the US where the md5sum for CD #1 is: "50f414a2135d093a02704b4b513f92ba" or the unsupported version downloaded from sites such as linuxiso.org where the md5sum for CD #1 is: "400c7fb292c73b793fb722532abd09ad". The md5sum of the updated floppies are as follows: c2d235cf7c05030e8ae7d849421d4f01 bootdisk.rhl9dl.img 51fd0ef3d8d6c654d17b61e6f7b12fa4 bootdisk.rhl9us.img