Here is the information. I finally made my way to installing the server using the hack described in Bug#279936 with the 20040930 Debian Installer. Unfortunately, this only allowed me to install using 2.4 kernel.
goldorak:~# lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Server Memory Controller Hub (rev 09) 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port A0 (rev 09) 0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port B0 (rev 09) 0000:00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port B1 (rev 09) 0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port C0 (rev 09) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 80332 [Dobson] I/O processor (rev 06) 0000:01:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 80332 [Dobson] I/O processor (rev 06) 0000:02:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 4 (rev 06) 0000:05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub A (rev 09) 0000:05:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub B (rev 09) 0000:06:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05) 0000:07:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05) 0000:08:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub A (rev 09) 0000:08:00.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. PCI Bridge Hub B (rev 09) 0000:0b:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] goldorak:~# lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:3590 (rev 09) 0000:00:02.0 0604: 8086:3595 (rev 09) 0000:00:04.0 0604: 8086:3597 (rev 09) 0000:00:05.0 0604: 8086:3598 (rev 09) 0000:00:06.0 0604: 8086:3599 (rev 09) 0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24d2 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24d4 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24d7 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24dd (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev c2) 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24d0 (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24db (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 0604: 8086:0330 (rev 06) 0000:01:00.2 0604: 8086:0332 (rev 06) 0000:02:0e.0 0104: 1028:0013 (rev 06) 0000:05:00.0 0604: 8086:0329 (rev 09) 0000:05:00.2 0604: 8086:032a (rev 09) 0000:06:07.0 0200: 8086:1076 (rev 05) 0000:07:08.0 0200: 8086:1076 (rev 05) 0000:08:00.0 0604: 8086:0329 (rev 09) 0000:08:00.2 0604: 8086:032a (rev 09) 0000:0b:0d.0 0300: 1002:5159 -----Message d'origine----- De : Geert Stappers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : samedi 20 novembre 2004 19:23 À : Sylvain COUTANT Cc : [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: Failed installation report on DELL PE 2850 Perc 4e/DI On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 06:14:46PM +0100, Sylvain COUTANT wrote: <snip/> > Output of lspci and lspci -n: Cannot gather information Not with the debian-installer, but can you gather the information with a live CD like Knoppix? Cheers Geert Stappers P.S. "Reply to all" to keep the bugreports updated.