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REDHAT 7.x with Kernel 2.84 unable to install on Dell PowerEdge 750

In trying to install on Dell Poweredge 750 with PERC-4DC Controller, Install does not find the hard drives. Is there a solution to fix this problem. I know in Windows 2000 I could have downloaded the driver and pressed F6 to load it on startup of the install. Is there anywhere I can find the driver for Redhat and is there an equivalent procedure in Linux to read driver from a disk
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You should get the following driver disk :

ftp://ftp.dell.com/scsi-raid/perc4di-rhl73-118f-a08.tar.gz

Then, copy it to a floppy disk (with disk image for example or dd if you have access to a Linux system).

When Redhat presents you with the boot menu, add the keyword "expert" to the boot line :
linux expert

It should ask you for a drivers disk. Use the provided floppy. Select the megaraid driver.

That should do it.
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Seems to have the PERC4-Di adapter. This machine has the PERC4-DC adapter
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Sorry Alf666 thanks for the assist but it still doesn't seem to work (see my comments above)
Oops. Sorry. But, and maybe is this a stupid question, why don't you use a more recent Linux like a SuSE 9.0 which includes all SCSI drivers directly at install time ?
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I am actually using Egress 4.5 www.viatornetworks.com which is a High Speed Internet Access Software which come with Redhat 7.3. Regretabbly I don't have the option of going to the latest version or changing to a different distribution.


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