Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Glen- You have to boot the 2.4 kernel on the installer. It has drivers for the Dell PERC RAID controllers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Debian 3.1 (2.6.x kernel) onto a Dell PowerEdge 2800 server (yes, I know they support only Windoze RH) and it gave an error during the detecting hard drives/partition part of the install process. It said that no partitions were found and asked me to make sure I have the hardware connected. Does anybody know why this is happening and (more importantly) how to fix this issue? Additional info: I'm using Dell's PERC 4e/Di hw RAID controller, and trying to install Debian on the RAID 1 logical drives. Thanks in advance, Glen Yu | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Debian 3.1 (2.6.x kernel) onto a Dell PowerEdge 2800 server (yes, I know they support only Windoze RH) and it gave an error during the detecting hard drives/partition part of the install process. It said that no partitions were found and asked me to make sure I have the hardware connected. Does anybody know why this is happening and (more importantly) how to fix this issue? Additional info: I'm using Dell's PERC 4e/Di hw RAID controller, and trying to install Debian on the RAID 1 logical drives. Thanks in advance, Hi Glen, http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnDell that might help. jorge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Does anybody know why this is happening and (more importantly) how to fix this issue? It's most likely unsupported hardware by the kernel you're using to install. Check the links I provided on the other. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Hi, Thanks for your reply Jorge, but I've already tried that ISO before and it's for the 3.0 Woody version of Debian. However, I'm looking to install Sarge. However, it did say on the site that it would work for Sarge as well, but I don't see how that would work. Would I have to install Woody entirely, then upgrade to Sarge while preserving the kernel? Or is there an even better way than that? Thanks Glen -Original Message- From: jlmb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:06 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =( Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Debian 3.1 (2.6.x kernel) onto a Dell PowerEdge 2800 server (yes, I know they support only Windoze RH) and it gave an error during the detecting hard drives/partition part of the install process. It said that no partitions were found and asked me to make sure I have the hardware connected. Does anybody know why this is happening and (more importantly) how to fix this issue? Additional info: I'm using Dell's PERC 4e/Di hw RAID controller, and trying to install Debian on the RAID 1 logical drives. Thanks in advance, Hi Glen, http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnDell that might help. jorge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hi, Thanks for your reply Jorge, but I've already tried that ISO before and it's for the 3.0 Woody version of Debian. However, I'm looking to install Sarge. However, it did say on the site that it would work for Sarge as well, but I don't see how that would work. Would I have to install Woody entirely, then upgrade to Sarge while preserving the kernel? Or is there an even better way than that? Thanks Glen I thought you said in your first post that you tried installing 3.1; if you are really working with Woody images I strongly recommend using Sarge instead (the installer is much better) there is choice between installing with linux 2.4 or linux 2.6 (Woody does 2.2 or 2.4) You can find CD images here: http://www.debian.org/CD/ You can find additional installation info here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Hmm...I think there's some confusion here, so allow me to clear things up a little. 1) I am trying to install Debian 3.1 Sarge (at the moment I don't care which kernel) on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 Server 2) When I try to do (1), at the Partition Hard Disk section of the install, it gives me the following error message: No partitionable media found. Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine 3) Jorge replied with a couple of links, one of which is for a custom debian-dell.2.4.31 kernel (which works btw, as it can detect the HDDs now), HOWEVER it's for Debian 3.0 Woody, and I want Debian 3.1 Sarge, so I was wondering how I should go about getting Sarge installed. Do I install Woody entirely and then upgrade it to Sarge while preserving the kernel OR is there a simpler way? Thank you, and sorry if my previous e-mail confused anyone. Glen Yu -Original Message- From: Joris Huizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:56 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =( Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hi, Thanks for your reply Jorge, but I've already tried that ISO before and it's for the 3.0 Woody version of Debian. However, I'm looking to install Sarge. However, it did say on the site that it would work for Sarge as well, but I don't see how that would work. Would I have to install Woody entirely, then upgrade to Sarge while preserving the kernel? Or is there an even better way than that? Thanks Glen I thought you said in your first post that you tried installing 3.1; if you are really working with Woody images I strongly recommend using Sarge instead (the installer is much better) there is choice between installing with linux 2.4 or linux 2.6 (Woody does 2.2 or 2.4) You can find CD images here: http://www.debian.org/CD/ You can find additional installation info here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hmm...I think there's some confusion here, so allow me to clear things up a little. 1) I am trying to install Debian 3.1 Sarge (at the moment I don't care which kernel) on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 Server 2) When I try to do (1), at the Partition Hard Disk section of the install, it gives me the following error message: No partitionable media found. Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine 3) Jorge replied with a couple of links, one of which is for a custom debian-dell.2.4.31 kernel (which works btw, as it can detect the HDDs now), HOWEVER it's for Debian 3.0 Woody, and I want Debian 3.1 Sarge, so I was wondering how I should go about getting Sarge installed. Do I install Woody entirely and then upgrade it to Sarge while preserving the kernel OR is there a simpler way? Thank you, and sorry if my previous e-mail confused anyone. Glen Yu You could use the woody installer, without installing any other packages (except maybe some you really require, maybe for networking, or some firewall, or so), then you could install sarge, and then select what you need (by base-config, and/or using Tasks under aptitude, and/or by adding some with a manual aptitude or apt-get run) Installing more than necessary can make the upgrade from woody to sarge harder I think; if the system has just the base installed By the way, maybe it's also an idea to send some info to the debian installer team so that they can fix things to support your hardware in future :-) HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
[PARTIALLY SOLVED!!] Ok...this is going to sound a little stupid, but if I installed Sarge normally with the 2.4.27 kernel, everything works properly. This baffles me even more because I don't really see why a 2.4 kernel would recognize the hardware, but not the 2.6 kernel. I'm still trying to figure out a way to install it with the 2.6 kernel, but for the time being if anyone out there is having the same problem as I am, try using the 2.4.27 kernel Thanks Glen -Original Message- From: Joris Huizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:35 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =( Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hmm...I think there's some confusion here, so allow me to clear things up a little. 1) I am trying to install Debian 3.1 Sarge (at the moment I don't care which kernel) on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 Server 2) When I try to do (1), at the Partition Hard Disk section of the install, it gives me the following error message: No partitionable media found. Please check that a hard disk is attached to this machine 3) Jorge replied with a couple of links, one of which is for a custom debian-dell.2.4.31 kernel (which works btw, as it can detect the HDDs now), HOWEVER it's for Debian 3.0 Woody, and I want Debian 3.1 Sarge, so I was wondering how I should go about getting Sarge installed. Do I install Woody entirely and then upgrade it to Sarge while preserving the kernel OR is there a simpler way? Thank you, and sorry if my previous e-mail confused anyone. Glen Yu You could use the woody installer, without installing any other packages (except maybe some you really require, maybe for networking, or some firewall, or so), then you could install sarge, and then select what you need (by base-config, and/or using Tasks under aptitude, and/or by adding some with a manual aptitude or apt-get run) Installing more than necessary can make the upgrade from woody to sarge harder I think; if the system has just the base installed By the way, maybe it's also an idea to send some info to the debian installer team so that they can fix things to support your hardware in future :-) HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: [PARTIALLY SOLVED!!] Ok...this is going to sound a little stupid, but if I installed Sarge normally with the 2.4.27 kernel, everything works properly. This baffles me even more because I don't really see why a 2.4 kernel would recognize the hardware, but not the 2.6 kernel. I'm still trying to figure out a way to install it with the 2.6 kernel, but for the time being if anyone out there is having the same problem as I am, try using the 2.4.27 kernel Thanks Glen Try upgrading to lastest 2.6 after install. Hopefully it'll support it. Probably you already try this...:D I had that same issue with a dell server like 6-7months ago. I opted to the woody then dist-upgrade path. jorge -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: [PARTIALLY SOLVED!!] Ok...this is going to sound a little stupid, but if I installed Sarge normally with the 2.4.27 kernel, everything works properly. This baffles me even more because I don't really see why a 2.4 kernel would recognize the hardware, but not the 2.6 kernel. I'm still trying to figure out a way to install it with the 2.6 kernel, but for the time being if anyone out there is having the same problem as I am, try using the 2.4.27 kernel Lemme guess. Intel 9xx chipset. You're going to need at least a 2.6.12 kernel to get it to recognize your drive. I'd recommend getting a 2.6.15 kernel package out of etch (testing) and installing that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian 3.1 installation not detecting my hard drives =(
Colin wrote: Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: [PARTIALLY SOLVED!!] Ok...this is going to sound a little stupid, but if I installed Sarge normally with the 2.4.27 kernel, everything works properly. This baffles me even more because I don't really see why a 2.4 kernel would recognize the hardware, but not the 2.6 kernel. I'm still trying to figure out a way to install it with the 2.6 kernel, but for the time being if anyone out there is having the same problem as I am, try using the 2.4.27 kernel Lemme guess. Intel 9xx chipset. You're going to need at least a 2.6.12 kernel to get it to recognize your drive. I'd recommend getting a 2.6.15 kernel package out of etch (testing) and installing that. It's probably better to get one from backports.org. http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
