Re: Debian on a Dell r310?
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Justin Sherrill
<Justin.Sherrill@americanrocksalt.com> wrote:
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> I have a Dell R310 server; The Debian Lenny installer does not see the CDROM or the hard drives. The “testing” image does see the CDROM, but not the hard drives, which are SAS drives connected through a SAS 6/iR.
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> I see mention of the SAS 6/iR as supported when searching, though I suspect it’s the Dell thing of the same model name with slightly different chipsets. In any case, I assume there’s a way to find a up-to-date driver for it, and then build an install CD with that support.
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> Can someone point me at:
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> A: a driver release that might support this? (I think it would be megaraid_sas)
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> B: a document that describes how to build a custom installer with this newer code?
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> I’m willing to get there myself – I just need a signpost.
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> Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt
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> p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826
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There are installers with backported kernels at
http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/. He also has a hardware compatibility
list.
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Jordan Metzmeier
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