Re: HP proliant ML115 G5 on debian lenny
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:18:23AM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> Dear debian community,
>
> We plan to buy an HP proliant ML115 G5 for server backup. The CPUs
> would be amd opteron 64bit. And there is embedded sata raid controller.
> I will use raid1 on two 1T harddrives.
>
> I would like to consult debian community to see if anyone have some
> experience with installing lenny on it. I searched debian wiki and other
> sites, but did not find specific info on this particular type of HP
> server. And on HP website, the debian compatible list does not include
> this type. I am especially concerned with the raid controller part. Will
> that work with lenny?
The only __definitive__ way to know would be to take the netinst CD to
the box, boot it up and check dmesg (and the installer screens) and see
if it sees the drives. Note that embedded sata "raid" controllers are
generally fake raid. You're better off just using them as normal disk
interfaces (don't try to configure as raid) and using software raid from
the installer CD.
Doug.
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