Re: Problems installing Debian on PIII using Adaptec 2400A RAID 5 array as boot drive
Hello Oliver,
Great to hear from you!! so this CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O is a kernel
option I have to include eh? How do I specify this? In the Kernel
Config area of the Debian Setup?
I can see the RAID array after I add in the modules using the floppy
disc created by http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ and
the installation does seem to go on fine until it can't boot off the
RAID array after the restart...
Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 4:39:48 PM, you wrote:
OE> On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 07:11, Derek Chew En-Hock wrote:
>> With a heavy heart, I attempted install Redhat 9 on my machine and it
>> automatically detected the Adaptec 2400A and installed flawlessly... I
>> guess installing Debian on this machine maybe beyond my current
>> abilities...
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way I can extract the drivers from the Redhat
>> disc or boot disc and use it to help in the Debian Installation? feel
>> a little uncomfortable moving away from my comfy Debian machines...
OE> You need CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O set in the kernel.
OE> The woody install disks' bf24 kernel does not have this included, so you
OE> need to build a kernel for it. If the RAID card has the only disks,
OE> this gives you a bootstrapping problem; I can provide you with a
OE> kernel-image deb for such a kernel, but you would need to be in a
OE> position to run dpkg in order to make use of it.
OE> I had to build a new bootable CD in order to get Debian loaded onto the
OE> machine in question.
OE> --
OE> Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
OE> Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
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Best regards,
Derek mailto:sdchew@ieee.org
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