Re: Q3: S-ATA on DebianEdu Sarge

[Christian Kuelker <christian.kuelker@cipworx.org>]

Hi List,

RalfGesellensetter schrieb:
> Dear list,
> 
> I need to install a Skolelinux Workstation that has very new
> hardware (S-ATA onboard RAID). It didn't work with Sarge,
> but I could install Kanotix. 
> 
> Now these are my options:
> 1. Install daily built of Etch - is there any way to use this for 
> production? The Tjener is an early Sarge version (PR).
> 
> 2. Bind Kanotix to Tjener/LDAP. There are some descriptions
> for Ubuntu - I'd rather try to avoid this step.
> 
> *3. Copy an instance of Debian-Edu Sarge to my working Kanotix 
> installation, keeping MBR, grub and kernel directories. I tried this 
> once before - but some services behaved strange afterwardes.  Any 
> experience/howtos for that?

This might work. I did that. It worked. But you might have to build a
new kernel on you kanotix system to support the new hardware.

> Please try to keep those three options in separate threads - so reply to 
> Q3 here, only ;)
> 
> Happy Halloween
> Ralf

Happy ...
Christian