Koen Tavernier wrote:
Gary Hodges wrote:Having no luck installing sarge on our new machine. Tyan K8WE w/2x Opteron 244s LSI21320RB SCSI Controller Plextor PX-716SA (SATA) debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso The three items I'm having trouble with:1. Installing from the Plextor drive. I'm reading that the newest kernel will work, so my work around plan is to use an IDE drive and then upgrade the kernel. I think this will work if I can get past the next two.What sata controller are you attaching the plextor to? nvidia or sil? I think it should work if you plug it into the sil sata controller.
I'm looking at the block diagram for the board and the four SATA ports are all going to the Nvidia nForce Professional 2200 chip. I can't find any mention of sil so I think all the ports are nvidia. I just tried plugging the drive into another port (in a different pair) and I get the same result.
These work with the forcedeth module. Not totally stable though. I do get lockups on the second network port which can only be cured by removing the power lead and starting back up after 30 seconds. Rebooting isn't enough.2. The integrated network processors don't seem to be supported. From the MB manual: Two IEEE Nvidia MAC 1000/100/10 Ethernet (First from PRO 2200, Second from PRO 2050). My proposed work around plan is to install an older network card for the installation and then upgrade drivers.
I'm glad to hear that it works (I'm assuming the forcedeth driver is included with sarge) as it means I'm probably doing something wrong. It don't think I'm doing anything wrong though...
3. I can't partition my drives. I keep getting an error that says something like "no partionable drives installed." I'm stuck on this one. I've tried different boot parameters, but haven't had any success.I installed with a Dell Perc4/e card which is a LSI 320 e clone. You will need a 2.6.10+ kernel with the megaraid_mbox module for that to work.
Does this mean I'm SOL using this card to install sarge? Gary