Re: Adaptec raid problems - still
[Bjarne Nielsen]
> Some reports that installing on machines with Adaptec raid 2100S is
> troublesome, others that it works fine, but without any explanation
> on how they got it working, if they did anything special at all.
Yes. I believe this is
<URL: http://bugs.skolelinux.no/show_bug.cgi?id=484 >.
> On three different Fujitsu-Siemens servers, all with 2100S, I get
> different messages with dmesg and lspci, and I have troubles
> installing on two of them (I haven't tested the last one yet). I
> have the same problems on Adaptec 2010S, witch did work with
> Skolelinux2.0 on this particular server, but not on another one that
> I did test.
Which PCI ids to the cards have? Which are working, and which do not?
Which kernel modules are loaded on the working machines, and which are
loaded on the broken ones?
> Seems there is some fix available using another installer:
> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/20070905-09:01/netboot/mini.iso
>
> as you can see from this archive:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg388454.html
It is not quite obvious to me what the fix is.
> Is there a way to "convert" a regular Etch installation to a DebianEdu
> ltspserver, after using this installer?
It is possible, but include several manual steps and I would recommend
against it.
> Is there a chance the possible fix
> in this installer will make its way into DebianEdu 3.0 r1 ?
Well, if we figure out what the fix is, the chance increases a lot. :)
Happy hacking,
--
Petter Reinholdtsen
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