On 02/17/2010 03:38 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> thus Niki Kovacs spake: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Up until now, I've only installed Linux either on "desktop" hardware, >>> meaning one of the desktop PCs in the LAN acted as a server machine for >>> the network, or I rented some dedicated server somewhere in a datacenter. >>> >>> Last week I bought some server hardware, a used HP Proliant ML150. It's >>> the first time I am dealing with this sort of hardware. The hardware was >>> sold "as is", without any warranty. >>> >>> When I open the front cache, there are six small "drawers", and the >>> bottom two of them each contain a 72 GB hard disk. >>> >>> I inserted a CentOS 5.4 install CD (1 of 6), and the installer (linux >>> text) booted correctly. But when it comes to partitioning, it "sees" no >>> disk. >>> >> You most probably need a driver disk; searching for the model and 'RHEL >> driver' tells me that you need a "Driver Diskette for HP ProLiant Smart >> Array Controller", which you can get at hp.com. >> > > > Rather, you must first create an array of the disks included (if it's a > brand new server). > > > > Cheers, > Rainer > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hello there, I don't know about ML's but with DL series CentOS don't have any problems at all and with seeing disks in particular. So I presume that Rainer is absolutely right. You have to build an array first. Check this link http://docs.hp.com/en/9320/acu.pdf