Re: Linux on a Sun Enterprise 5000?
The problem is that the driver for the differential isn't comppiled into the
kernel and it is a module. I got around that on a E4500+D1000 by including
my driver in the kernel, but I've heard that you can force the module to load
with Silo options.
On Tuesday 28 October 2003 14:15, Pieter-Paul Spiertz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Pieter-Paul Spiertz wrote:
> > Anyway, thanks for your help! I'll try to return to this list when I have
> > actually installed the beast :)
>
> I just tried to install Woody with a net installation (tftpboot.img) on
> this Enterprise 5000 (6x300MHz, 6x1GB RAM, 2 StorEdge D1000 disk cabinets
> with 8x18 GB differential scsi harddisks each).
>
> Linux boots successfully! It reports that all CPU's and network cards are
> recognized and happily starts the Debian installer. However, the disks
> are NOT recognized, so the installer assumes the thing is a diskless
> NFS-client :)
>
> How can I install Debian on this machine? Do I need a special tftpboot
> image, with a better kernel, or is this disk cabinet not yet supported?
>
>
> Regards,
> Pieter-Paul
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