OK - I got things somewhat installed - I used the latest testing netinstall
image
I had to hit a go-back to get to a screen that gave a choice of stable,
testing (this screen is important, yet missing from the straight install?)
but it wouldn't reboot my md software raid1 install - so I started up in rescue
mode and did:
mount /dev/md0 /target
chroot /target
and had things somewhat working - did some apt-get installs that would run but
then - I could not shut down.
I tried reboot and shutdown now
I got an error I didn't understand and stupidly did a reset that wiped out the
/dev/md0 some how and couldn't mount /dev/md0 anymore??
I wonder if I should have done a telint or something else to shutdown?
I wonder if I should just install without raid and make the raid by hand?
Karl Schmidt wrote:
Trying with current etch debian-testing-amd64-businesscard.iso
(kernel 2.6.15-1-AMD64-generic)
This board has two on-board GE Nics:
Nvidia CK804
and
Broadcom Netextreme BMC5705_2
The Broadcom is almost working.
From digging in the logs looks like the ethernet port is sending data -
but not receiving???
The Broadcom is just a PHY port - not sure exactly what that means?? do
they share the same IP address? I saw in the server logs once where the
MAC address was incremented by one??? I think buggy software - the first
port uses the forcedeth ver 0.48 driver and the second tg3 ver 3.47
I'm going to boot up knoppix and see if it has the same problem - could
be a bad MB?? <time passes> knoppix 3.7 won't talk, but knoppix 4.0 will.
Knoppix 4.0 (kernel 2.6.12)is using forcedeth 0.32 and tg3 3.31
OK, Very strange - once I booted with Knoppix it created a lease on the
DHCP server and now networking works on the credit card install (can
renew the lease, but not create one??).
I still have not yet gotten it to do the base install - complains about
not having a /proc mount point.
Is there a way to install as 386 and convert over to AMD64 - might be
easier??
Might be the software raid stuff???
Should I install and create the raid later??
(OT: All of a sudden it seems silly to have install CDs or DVD - now
that there ar 4G thumb drives<grin>.)
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