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Re: blade servers (IBM HS20 Type 8843)



On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 10:46 -0500, Theodore Knab wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone is using the BladeCenter with Debian Linux ?
> 
> I have 8 blade servers 2 of which I am testing Debian on.
> 
> Both have the 2.6.x kernel. However, I can not get the remote 
> display stuff to work after the boot loader picks a kernel.
> 

Put debian-installer/framebuffer=false on the boot prompt and the
display should work. I had to disable acpi too to get the server to boot
(only on the install boot).

> Does anyone know what kernel module is used for remote 
> display stuff ?

None, it's just vga output.


Jeroen



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