Re: debian on HP proliant
> The installer from woody has built-in support for the cciss controller
> on at least the Proliant DL 580 G2.
> It works smoothly, but lacks support for the default installed 3com
> gig-ethernet adapter (tg3 driver), once installed,
The network installer for sarge detects the t3 gig-ethernet adaptor
automagically. --We're moving to Sarge now.
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Jose Alberto Guzman wrote:
> Nathan Eric Norman wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 10:33:09AM -0500, Eric Sproul wrote:
> >
> >>On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 10:15, Francis Tyers wrote:
> >>
> >>>The onboard 'scsi' controller appears as a block device and not as a
> >>>scsi device under linux.
> >>>
> >>>01:03.0 RAID bus controller: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array
> >>>5i/532 (rev 01)
> >>>
> >>>i think it is...
> >>>
> >>>there is a driver in linux 2.4.x...
> >>
> >>The driver is called cciss, and supports the built in SmartArray
> >>controller as well as the higher-end optional RAID controllers like the
> >>641/642.
> >>
> >>Look in /proc/driver/cciss/ccissX (where X is the controller number,
> >>usually '0' for the built-in) for some basic info.
> >>
> >>Devices attached to these controllers appear as /dev/cciss/cXdXpX
> >>
> >>c=controller #
> >>d=logical drive #
> >>p=partition #
> >>
> >>Thus the first partition on the first logical drive on the built-in
> >>controller is /dev/cciss/c0d0p1.
> >
> >
> > Is anyone aware of a debian-installer image which supports cciss built
> > in? The existing d-i supports cciss just fine, but as a module.
> >
>
> The installer from woody has built-in support for the cciss controller
> on at least the Proliant DL 580 G2.
>
> It works smoothly, but lacks support for the default installed 3com
> gig-ethernet adapter (tg3 driver), once installed, I usually either copy
> a recent kernel source and compile whatever I need, or install an
> eepro100 (or other supported) card to finish.
>
> The trick is to install with the bf24 kernel: version 2.4.18.
>
> Check the help at the Woody CD install boot prompt.
>
>
> José
>
>
> PS.
> please reply to the list
>
>
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