Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Pascal Hakim
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:06:16PM +0100, Kelly Harding wrote: Hi, I've just aquired a HP/compaq DL380 G2 server, with 2Gb RAM and 2x36Gb hard drives. I was wondering if anyone on the list has any experience with installing Debian on this hardware and know of any pitfalls, etc I should

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Kelly Harding
While you've obviously figured this out since, a great place to find out info about Debian on various proliant machines is: http://wiki.debian.org/HP/ProLiant I did look there, but didnn't seem to be much about the G2 servers (G2, G3, etc are all different architectures). Kelly

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Pierguido Lambri
Kelly Harding wrote: I did look there, but didnn't seem to be much about the G2 servers (G2, G3, etc are all different architectures). Kelly Is this one that you have?

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Pierguido Lambri
Pierguido Lambri wrote: We got a dl380 g3 with scsi subsytem (2x76 GB) and got no problem at all with debian etch (a bit of trouble with adaptec scsi management utility). ^^^ Sorry... compaq scsi :-) Pier signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Kelly Harding
Is this one that you have? http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?lang=encc=usprodTypeId=15351prodSeriesId=316587submit.y=0submit.x=0lang=encc=us We got a dl380 g3 with scsi subsytem (2x76 GB) and got no problem at all with debian etch (a bit of trouble with adaptec scsi

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Pierguido Lambri
Kelly Harding wrote: Yes the URL points to what I have. DL380 G2 and DL380 G3 are not the same as far as I know. Kelly As i saw, G2 uses a smartarray 5i plus, that exactly the same that it's in the G3. Normally the biggest problems are from the disk system (scsi or sata) but this one is

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:38:51PM +0200, Pierguido Lambri wrote: Kelly Harding wrote: Yes the URL points to what I have. DL380 G2 and DL380 G3 are not the same as far as I know. Kelly As i saw, G2 uses a smartarray 5i plus, that exactly the same that it's in the G3. Normally the

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-20 Thread Pierguido Lambri
Alex Samad wrote: try hp.com/go/debian this i didn't know aboutvery useful. Pier signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-11 Thread Kelly Harding
Hi, I've just aquired a HP/compaq DL380 G2 server, with 2Gb RAM and 2x36Gb hard drives. I was wondering if anyone on the list has any experience with installing Debian on this hardware and know of any pitfalls, etc I should be aware of? Any other suggestions greatly appreciated. Kelly

Re: HP/Compaq DL380 G2 advice/help sought

2007-05-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:06:16PM +0100, Kelly Harding wrote: Hi, I've just aquired a HP/compaq DL380 G2 server, with 2Gb RAM and 2x36Gb hard drives. I was wondering if anyone on the list has any experience with installing Debian on this hardware and know of any pitfalls, etc I should