problems with dell poweredge server R140 (rack)

[Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi>]

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 ..

thanks,

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Eero