Re: help with install on Dell SC420 / SATA / Sarge / netinst / ata_piix
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 11:54:09AM -0800, Register, Dadrien wrote: > I'm trying to do a netinstall with current Debian (Sarge) on my new Dell > SC420 server. Here's my drive config: > > 2 SATA 10k RPM WD Raptor 36gig drives connected to onboard raid configd as > raid 1. > > Promise S150 SX4-M Raid 5 controller > > 3 SATA WD 200gig drives configd as a raid 5. You could be the first one with this hardware configuration. > I'm loading Debian with: > > linux26 ata_piix > > > Debian is detecting my promise card and loading the sata_sx4 driver auto. > > > The unusual thing I'm seeing is that it detects all my drives, > but states that it cannot detect a common cdrom drive and prompts me > to provide one. None of the included drivers seem to work. What information did you provide for "common cdrom"? > When loading the 2.4 kernel this doesn't happen, > but I can't get my nic or ata_piix drivers to work. 2.4 kernel does not have the ata_piix module. > I think it's weird considering I'm booting by cdrom with the netinstall disc. > Any ideas? Thanx in advance. You are the one with this hardware. Investigate further ... Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: RE: help with install on Dell SC420 / SATA / Sarge / netinst / ata_piix
I’m trying to do a netinstall with current Debian (Sarge) on my new Dell SC420 server. Here’s my drive config: 2 SATA 10k RPM WD Raptor 36gig drives connected to onboard raid configd as raid 1. Promise S150 SX4-M Raid 5 controller 3 SATA WD 200gig drives configd as a raid 5. I’m loading Debian with: linux26 ata_piix Debian is detecting my promise card and loading the sata_sx4 driver auto. The unusual thing I’m seeing is that it detects all my drives, but states that it cannot detect a common cdrom drive and prompts me to provide one. None of the included drivers seem to work. When loading the 2.4 kernel this doesn’t happen, but I can’t get my nic or ata_piix drivers to work. I think it’s weird considering I’m booting by cdrom with the netinstall disc. Any ideas? Thanx in advance. -Dade Register T-Mobile USA IT Admin "Reboot first, ask questions later."
Re: help with install on Dell SC420 / SATA / Sarge / netinst / ata_piix
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:59:10PM -0500, Eric Silberstein wrote: > Hi, > > I am a Debian and linux newbie. I recently purchased a Dell SC420 and want > to install Sarge. The Dell SC420 has a SATA drive. I am attempting install > using the 20041120 daily build netinst CD image. The installer fails to > recognize my hard drive. Through google > (http://lists.progeny.com/archive/discover-workers/200410/msg8.html) I > found the advice "Whilst the PATA CDROM drive was detected the main hard > disk was not - I needed to manually modprobe ata_piix for d-i to run through > correctly." However, I'm not sure how to do this since the ata_piix module > is not included on the CD image. Through google > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2004/10/msg00348.html) I found a bug > report saying "The kernel-image-2.4.26-1 package doesn't seem to contain the > ata_piix.o module" due to a bug in a Makefile. Both of these bugs are > reportedly fixed. What should I do? Can I download ata_piix.o from > somewhere and use it during my install process? Do I need to build my own > netinst image, and if so, how do I do that? Last wednesday I did spend with installing on a Dell SC420. The great trick was using a 2.6 kernel. They are available for debian-installer (I used the netboot images ( no rebuild needed )) and do provide the ata_piix module. After the reboot you will encounter #277298, where control-C allows you to get a second console, so you can append acpi=off for the next boot. > Thanks in advance, > > Eric Silberstein > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
