On 6/15/10 11:50 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > I tried to install Debian Lenny on Dell Poweredge R140 with no success. > > First problem is with netword card bnx2? It is not working with > default install, but > with this workaround it works: > > -> http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ (this image support bnx2 from scratch) > > another problem is that default kernel cannot mount rootfs from perc > raid (sas) controller after boot? why? tool old kernel? > > I tried this workaround (rootdelay=35) but with no success. > > RHEL and UBuntu server works fine on this hardware, main reason to > install debian is that we are trying to avoid support costs from > redhat. > > Any ideas how to install debian with success to this machine? I just > bought three of these ..
Quick google for "lenny bnx2" revealed this: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-bnx2 The firmware for the cards is in the non-free repository. One way to make this work is here: http://insanelabs.com/debian/debian-lenny-cannot-load-broadcom-nic-drivers-asking-for-firmware-bnx2-06-405fw-during-install/ As for the SAS, what errors are you seeing? Do you see the megaraid-sas (I believe that is the correct one, depends on the chipset used on your particular PERC) even load? It was a while aqo, but I installed Debian on a 2950 with a PERC, and after the initial install, for some %$#^ reason (believe it had to do with the installed DRAC and it's virtual drives), /boot was showing up on a different drive (think /dev/sda vs /dev/sdb). I also may have had to manually roll the initrd with the megaraid driver as well, don't quite recall. But without some kind of error message, this is speculation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c17da73.9060...@penguinness.org
