On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 11:54:09AM -0800, Register, Dadrien wrote: > I'm trying to do a netinstall with current Debian (Sarge) on my new Dell > SC420 server. Here's my drive config: > > 2 SATA 10k RPM WD Raptor 36gig drives connected to onboard raid configd as > raid 1. > > Promise S150 SX4-M Raid 5 controller > > 3 SATA WD 200gig drives configd as a raid 5. You could be the first one with this hardware configuration.
> I'm loading Debian with: > > linux26 ata_piix > > > Debian is detecting my promise card and loading the sata_sx4 driver auto. > > > The unusual thing I'm seeing is that it detects all my drives, > but states that it cannot detect a common cdrom drive and prompts me > to provide one. None of the included drivers seem to work. What information did you provide for "common cdrom"? > When loading the 2.4 kernel this doesn't happen, > but I can't get my nic or ata_piix drivers to work. 2.4 kernel does not have the ata_piix module. > I think it's weird considering I'm booting by cdrom with the netinstall disc. > Any ideas? Thanx in advance. You are the one with this hardware. Investigate further ... Cheers Geert Stappers
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