Environment
Novell Access Management 3 Linux Access Gateway
Situation
Trying to install Linux Access Gateway on an IBM Blade
Server, HS21, Intel Dual Core 5110 1.60 GHz/1066MHz 4 MB L2 cache,
and with 1 GB RAM. During the installation, the CDROMdevice on the
Blade server was not recognised. This IBM Blade server is
using a USB connected CD-ROM.
Resolution
When doing a silent install of the Linux Access Gateway (LAG), one
need not mount the cdrom - installation will be smooth with no
issues in silent install. With the manual installation mode, the
following steps need to be performed (local cd rom has to be
mounted manually)
1. During LAG install in manual installation, wait for the kernel modules stage
2. Go to USB module
3. Select USB storage device module
4. And load them (USB mass storage device driver)
5. proceed with the installation.
1. During LAG install in manual installation, wait for the kernel modules stage
2. Go to USB module
3. Select USB storage device module
4. And load them (USB mass storage device driver)
5. proceed with the installation.
Additional Information
For installs where the CD is not available, the following
workaround may also be applied:
1. copy the LAG iso image (e.g. lag.iso) to an FTP/NFS server locally.
2. Mount the iso file on the remote server (mount -o loop lag.iso /dir)
3. During LAG installation menu, select "Manual Installation" option & proceed with FTP/NFS installation
4. Go to Start installation & specify the "Network Media" -> NFS/FTP (provide the FTP server IP, user name, directory location(/dir)).
Note:You need to manually load the ethernet module (Kernel Modules(Hardware Drivers)->Load Network Card Modules->select 3com/e100 based on the network card)
1. copy the LAG iso image (e.g. lag.iso) to an FTP/NFS server locally.
2. Mount the iso file on the remote server (mount -o loop lag.iso /dir)
3. During LAG installation menu, select "Manual Installation" option & proceed with FTP/NFS installation
4. Go to Start installation & specify the "Network Media" -> NFS/FTP (provide the FTP server IP, user name, directory location(/dir)).
Note:You need to manually load the ethernet module (Kernel Modules(Hardware Drivers)->Load Network Card Modules->select 3com/e100 based on the network card)