Re: problems with dell poweredge server R140 (rack)
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.
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