On Mar 5, 1:04 pm, Baz <boogy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to install SCO Openserver 5.0.7 onto a new HP DL380G5
> sever.
>
> I am using a USB floppy disk drive that has a disk containing HP's
> latest EFS. for the Smartstart P400 SAS array.
>
> At the boot: I use defbootstr link=hpsas hd=Sdsk Sdsk=hpsas(0,0,0,0)
> Srom=wd(0,0,0)
> as per the HP instructions, and it appears to be going OK. It asks for
> and loads the drivers whilst still on the "boot" screen, it then
> continues after loading the drivers until it reaches the "Press ENTER
> to begin installation" message.
>
> A few seconds after this, a message appears as follows
> "usb_msto: please disconnect and re-attach the device to try again.
> T.584-usb_msto0 0200 2 <drvr16>: Initialization failure. Please
> reattach the device to retry."
>
> Needless to say, reattaching it doesn't work.
>
> I have done a lot of searching about and tried things like adding
> Sflp=usb_msto(0,0,0) to the bootstrap, but that doesn't work.
>
> I am puzzled as to why it first appears to load the drivers, then
> doesn't.
>
> Any ideas greatly received :-)
>
> Thanks.

Few weeks ago I managed to install the same OpenServer version on
DL380 G5 with P400 RAID, but only using external USB floppy and
optical device (Philips DVD writer). If it may be of interest, I can
check the exact model marks for both devices and let you know. I think
that defbootstr was something like

link=hpsas hd=Sdsk Sdsk=hpsas(0,0,0,0)

I've used newest HP/Compaq EFS, including BTLD diskette that provides
hpsas driver. In EFS are included drivers for embedded 373i Gigabit
NICs.

If you want to have SMP, then after installing SMP you have to apply
MP5 and one additional SLS (OSS674, if I remember well) before
rebooting the machine, otherwise it may hang during next boot.

I was not able to make use of server's internal optical device (DVD
writer), and would like to get advice if it is possible and how. I
even tried with BTLD diskette containing newer wd driver with no
success.

You should look at SCO's site (Knowledge Center) for several topics
regarding SCO OpenServer 5.x and HP/Compaq servers, published during
last two weeks.

Darko Krstic