I have an HP Netserver LH3: Dual PIII 400, 3x36 GB SCSI configured as a RAID5 array. SCSI controller is SYM53C895, onboard (integrated HP Netraid)

Mandrake 9.2 current runs on this box just fine.

On installation of Mandriva 2005 LE, the following error occurs...

insmoding module megaraid failed at usr/bin/perl-install/module.pm line 347

how can I get around/resolve this?

different hardware/distro is really not an option right now...i am a total Linux noob...please help

You could try not selecting Perl for installation. Are you doing an install or an upgrade?

We're using the GUI installer...I'm guessing that not using the perl install would require the text install vs. the GUI?

Honestly, this is my first time installing Linux...my co-worker is more experience than I, but he was stumped as to how to proceed as well.

In all honesty, this issue will probably resolve itself anyway as there are plans to rotate out some of our older HP servers and replace them with newer ones, so this may end up being a moot point. In the meantime, we have other temporary machines that we can perform the install on.

Thanks much for the reply though, and for future reference, if you know of any good write-ups on performing custom compile installs, please point me to them.

When you install (GUI or text), you get a choice of packages you want installing (from memory I think you select 'custom'). Try not selecting Perl. Once you have got it working, you can try adding things.

One possibility is a faulty CD. I would try another download.
You could also try the live CD (Mandrivamove - see the Mandriva web site) to see if it will run on your hardware.