[ILUG-BOM] RHEL 3 on IBM x346

[Nadeem M. Khan]

On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa <harsh.busa at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan <nadeem.m.khan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/19/06, Harsh Busa <harsh.busa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 8/18/06, Nadeem M. Khan <nadeem.m.khan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to install RHEL AS 3 on IBM xSeries 346, but it fails to
> > > > detect my hard disks. It fails to get a driver for Adaptec SCSI
> > > > controller. Cribs about aic7xxx.
> > >
> > > chk for certification of RHEL 3 on that specific model of x346. You
> > > should be able to get some how / patches from IBM site
> >
> > Well thanks for the info. Fortunately I managed to get hold of the
> > .img.gz file off the net. Unfortunately, I am not able to gunzip it.
> >
> > # gunzip aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
> >
> > gunzip: aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: not in gzip format
> >
> > # file aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz
> >
> > aic79xx-2.0.10-i386-rhel3.img.gz: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c,
> > OEM-ID " mkdosfs", root entries 224, sectors 2880 (volumes <=32 MB) ,
> > sectors/FAT 9, serial number 0x40774d07, label: "           ", FAT (12
> > bit)
> > #
> >
> use file cmd to see wat fformat is that file . if its an disk image
> file then use
> dd if=filename of=/dev/fd0  and then use it to load the drivers ... if
> u use windows there are tools like rawrite to help u
>
>

I *did* use the file command and posted its output in my earlier mail
(see above).

Regards,
NMK.