Hi Anibal, Some months ago I begun to try installing Debian etch on an Altix 350. It worked out by doing some changes that are explained on the link you found. I then informed the debian community and Dan Frazier made those changes on etch (I think there is only one thing left which is bug 408588).
Since then I never tried the official etch cd to see if everything is ok because I use the cd I created which is based on etch in December 2006 (http://rad.bioinfo.ulaval.ca/hardware/altixia64/netinst_debian_altix.iso/download). This one boot and install whitout problem on our 350 and 3700 servers. Two weeks ago, we received a 450 and I tried to boot the cd I'm talking about but it diden't worked (kernel crash when booting - but again, this is a december version). I will have a look at that in 2 or 3 weeks (I will also try the actual etch cd). Hope this helps. Stéphane Larose On Tuesday 13 March 2007 08:47, Anibal Abdulkhalek wrote: > That is part of the question, meaning whether it will work or not. The > other question is if there is a cheat sheet to follow for the installation. > I found one on the web but I wanted to confirm with some of the members > of the Debian community if they have tried as well. > > Here is what I found : > > http://rad.bioinfo.ulaval.ca/hardware/altixia64/debianonaltix/ > > Thanks, > Anibal >