Re: Woody and HP DL320G2

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Frank Gevaerts wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:54:52PM +1000, Adrian Bolzan wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am preparing to buy a new HP server, a HP DL320G2, and would like to
> > install Woody onto it.
> >
> > The questions I have relate to the:
> > - On-board NICs, given on the HP site as "Two NC7760 PCI Gigabit Server
> > Adapters (embedded)" 
> > - the ATA RAID controller, given as "Integrated Dual Channel Ultra ATA/100
> > Adapter with Integrated ATA RAID 0, 1"
> > - video, given as "Integrated ATI RAGE XL Video Controller with 8-MB SDRAM
> > Video Memory"
> >
> > Will woody with the standard bf2.4 kernel detect the NIC's and RAID
> > controller?
> >    
>
> Video is no problem, NICs require a newer kernel, and the RAID is
> hopeless (no open-source driver, no real raid (some kind of software
> raid), and impossible to disable. There is a binary-only driver that
> works with some redhat and suse kernels.
> I wouldn't recommend this machine.
>
> Frank
>  
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=716493758+1091526904072+28353475&threadId=456330

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John

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