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Figure 27 Loading the Remote Diskette

c.Power on or restart the target blade.

Figure 28 Power On/Restart Blade

5. From this point on, the Red Hat installation proceeds like a standard installation.

Note: you must specify “linux nofb”, when installing via BladeCenter Remote Control, otherwise you will see the “No Video Available” screen instead of the Linux installation dialogs. You should also be able to set the correct mode setting with the "vga=0x301" option. See RETAIN Tip 167679 (http://www- 1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-55660) for more information.

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Contents IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 3 Blades IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 Table of Contents Table of Figures Table of TablesLinux nofb BladeCenter Subsystems Introduction OverviewBladeCenter Chassis Rear View ContributorsPreparatory Steps Network ConfigurationBladeCenter Management Module Remote Control Hints and TipsDisable key repeats Remote Control Window SAN Configuration Embedded Fibre Channel SwitchesStorage Connection Diagram Disabling ports on the QLogic switchUsing SANSurfer GUI Port Properties Check the Boot Order Configuring the Blades for Remote BootDisabling IDE devices Device Startup OrderHS20 Boot Sequence Acquiring HBA WWPNs World Wide Port Names Configuring the Qlogic HBAConfiguring the QLogic HBA Configuring the path to the boot LUNEnable Selectable Boot Illustration Save your changes Testing the path to the boot LUNVerify Disk Media Ethernet Port NumberingBrowse MAC Address Table Bottom Switch Learned Browse MAC Address Table Top SwitchMAC Address Port Learned MAC Address PortChange Media Tray Owner Loading the Remote Diskette Linux nofb Kickstart Information Multipath Red Hat InstallationBoot Failure for RH Fdisk Output Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installationRPM Install of Broadcom Device Drivers Issues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and bladesRev IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Other Linux Distributions and Blades Changing the Boot Loader ConfigurationSerial Over LAN SOL for Blades Rdac Installation and ConfigurationOverview 72345respawn/sbin/agetty -h ttyS1 19200 vt102 Summary of Linux changes for SOLAlt-sysrq from Linux client Alt-sysrqAlt-sysrq from PuTTY NetdumpIBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide IBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 List of limitations Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installationBios and Ismp Remote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40BMC Update for the HS20 8843 and LS20 IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide QLogic HBA Flash Flash the QLogic HBA Bios# mount -o loop drvnet.img mnt/drv Red Hat Boot Diskette Modification ProcessIBM Version 3.0, 3/10/2006 # cd # umount mnt/initrd Driverdisk --source=nfshost/path/to/26k4970.img Modify or Create the Post-install Driver Diskette ImageIBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Appendix A. Firmware Versions Management Module Bios InformationHS20 Model 8832 Firmware Information HS40 Bios and Ismp Information HS40 BiosQLogic Firmware Information LS20 Bios and BMC InformationBladeCenter Components BladeCenter InformationIndex