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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: Joshua on January 18, 2003, 08:22:21 AM
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I've run SME 5.5 on this particular server before with no install problems.
I'm currently getting an error before beginning installation that reads as follows:
"You do not have enough RAM to install Mitel Networks SME Server on this machine."
I started with 256 MB and have swapped all the memory out and tried with as little as 32.
The machine is a Compaq Proliant 2500 with two PII 333 overdrive procs, Mylex DAC960 RAID controller with 4 18.2 gig drives configured RAID 5.
SME 5.5 installed fine, but seemed to run very slowly on this server, so I was hoping 5.6 had a new DAC960 driver, but can't even install it so I'm kinda stuck.
Any help is appreciated.
Josh
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Do a search here on "compaq memory", don't limit the search to 30 days. There's a setting you need to tweak to see Compaq RAM.
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Michael, thanks for the info. It looks as though this is the problem. I guess 5.5 didn't care about only having 16MB, which is why the performance was so slow.
I have a couple of new problems now.
1) The fix said it's only for single proc machines
2) I'm booting from the install CD, so how can I tell the OS how much memory I have?
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Hello Joshua,
As a answere on you second question:
Make en boot disk and you can place your changed config on the disk and boot from it.
Good lock
Johan
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Joshua wrote:
> 2) I'm booting from the install CD, so how can I tell the OS
> how much memory I have?
Hold down the shift key before the CD boots. You then get a prompt. IIRC, you type:
install xxx
where xxx is the extra parameters you wish to supply.
Once the system boots, edit /etc/lilo.conf, add an "append=" line or two, then run "/sbin/lilo". [There *are* templates for /etc/lilo.conf, but they are a bit clever, and preserve anything extra you might add. Same goes for /etc/modules.conf.]
Charlie
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Charlie, thanks so much for the reply!
I held down shift and got the prompt, Boot:
At the prompt I typed, Install mem=256M and get an error that says Cannot find kernel. I'll troubleshoot more in the morning, thanks again!
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Joshua wrote:
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> Charlie, thanks so much for the reply!
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> I held down shift and got the prompt, Boot:
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> At the prompt I typed, Install mem=256M and get an error that
> says Cannot find kernel. I'll troubleshoot more in the
> morning, thanks again!
When you get to the prompt hit tab, it'll tell you what to type before mem=256M
probably
esmith mem=256
or
linux mem=256
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Damien
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Thanks Damien,
Tab doesn't seem to do anything and neither esmith, linux, or e-smith commands work.
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Damien Curtain wrote:
> When you get to the prompt hit tab, it'll tell you what to
> type before mem=256M
No. lilo responds to the tab key, but syslinux doesn't; syslinux is the boot manager in the install image.
Try "accept mem=256M".
Charlie
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Charlie, thanks for the info!
The command was accepted, but shortly after I get a kernel panic.
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:00
I don't get this error if I boot straight from the CD.
I'm getting further and further. Thanks for the help everyone!
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Well, I decided to update my home server and I'm getting the exact same thing on a Compaq Proliant 2500 server with a Smart 2/P Array installed. It doesn't detect the mem and when I pass the mem params I get the kernel panic.
Before the Compaq failure, I also trashed a SME5.5 system while upgrading to 5.6 on a HP NetServer LH Pro with a NetRaid/AMI adapter. After a full tape backup of course.....
It kept hanging during installation. The Alt-F4 screen showed:
SCSI: aborting command due to timeout: PID 9497, scsi 0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0.
I'm backing off to SME5.5 now until I have more time to troubleshoot....
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I have 192MB of RAM. Here is what I had to type in to the syslinux promprt to get SME5.6 to install on my Compaq Proliant 2500.
accept = mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=191M@1M
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Steve, you are the man! Thank you so much for posting your details. It worked perfectly for me (I have 256M so your 191 became 255).