Last Friday I asked this question to little avail. I don't mean to be redundant, but in the fear that it was deleted in the barrage of weekend mail by the one person who knows the answer, I'm posting this again.
I have a new Compaq ProLiant ML350 server. It has a Compaq Smart Array 431 Raid Controller. It also has a NC3123 Fast Ethernet NIC PCI 10/100 Wake on LAN card. Is there any hope for installing Debian on this? The default 2.1 install disks hang while trying to reset the SCSI. The TECRA boot disks detect no drive at all. I have installed Debian several times, but always on fairly standard hardware. I think I will be able to follow instructions to do this if it is possible. Specifically, I have heard people say things like: You need to compile support for Compaq Smart Array controllers into your kernel. I am always perplexed by this. How do I compile a kernel if I don't have Debian installed yet? Do I compile the kernel on another Debian machine? If I do so, how do I get that kernel onto the install disks and ready to install? Thanks. ==================================================== A. Scott White Director of Information Systems and Product Strategy ACS Healthcare Solutions Group
