On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:21:30PM -0700, Neil Gunton wrote: > I just built a server which has dual Opteron 265, 4GB RAM, Adaptec 2015S > zero-channel RAID controller and 4 x Ultra320 10k SCSI drives. > > I am having a problem installing Debian amd64, because of the 2015S card. > This requires the dpt_i2o driver, which is not included by default in > Debian amd64.
Well last I looked (2.6.12 kernel), the dpt_i2o driver was listed explicitly as not 64bit compatible and couldn't be selected on any 64bit platform. > An alternative would be the i2o_blocks module. I can install CentOS 4.1 > x86_64 using i2o_blocks, but there does not seem to be any way to do this > with Debian. I don't know what i2o_blocks is, but I did include the i2o drivers in my 2.6.12 based sarge amd64 netinst image. Feel free to try that one if you wish. I have i2o_block, i2o_config, i2o_core, i2o_proc and i2o_scsi included. May have to manually modprobe them from console 2, since I have no idea I the discover data knows to try those for your controller. http://www.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/ > I managed to get hold of Mark Salyzyn at Adaptec, and he sent me source > code for the dpt_i2o driver which he tells me should work in 64-bit mode. I > could presumably build this into a custom kernel. But I don't know how to > do this while installing Debian from scratch. That would be a problem yes. If I knew it would work, I would be willing to add the driver to my installer image's kernel. Could you send me the updated driver to have a look at? > So, I see three possibilities, but I don't know how to do any of them: > > 1. MANUAL MODULE SELECTION: Specify the i2o_blocks module (if it's actually > on the install CD) manually at install time with the Debian installer. I > can't see any option for this. > > 2. DRIVER DISK: Compile the dpt_i2o source code and build a driver disk for > Debian amd64 (if that's even possible - should I be able to install using > 'linux dd' with this port?) > > 3. CUSTOM KERNEL: Build a custom kernel from CentOS 4.1 x86_64 (which I can > install using i2o_blocks) and build in the dpt_i2o driver... but then, even > if this works, how then to package up and use this kernel at install time > for Debian? > > CentOS 4.1 does work, with i2o_blocks, but I would much rather be running > Debian. Please help... Hope the above might give you a way to go. At least if i2o_blocks works. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]