Bug#306786: Debian-Installer installation report: failed on Dell PowerEdge 2850 with Perc 4e/Di RAID with 2.6 kernel

[Bill Tomlinson <bill33@pobox.com>]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: RC3
uname -a: unavailable
Date: 2005-4-27
Method: CD install

Machine: Dell PowerEdge 2850 with Perc 4e/Di RAID controller
Processor: 1 Xeon
Memory: 2 GB
Root Device: SCSI
Root Size/partition table: N/A
Output of lspci and lspci -n: not available

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [E]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

Installer doesn't detect hard drives. Other distros detect hard drives, 
so no physical fault.

Poking around the 'net suggests that the error is because the 2.6.8 
kernel doesn't have the required drivers for the RAID controller card 
used in the Dell PE 2850 (Perc 4e/Di, which is some LSI card, which 
requires the megaraid_mbox, megaraid_mm drivers).