On Sunday 10 July 2005 12:08, Johan Groth wrote: > Hi all, > I've have a dual Opteron system (MB Tyan 2885) which has a Broadcom > ethernet interface (the infamous tg3 driver). I've also installed a SATA > raid card (a very nice LSI 300-8x, uses the megaraid_mbox driver). > > My problem is this: how on earth do I install Debian on this system? > > If I boot unstable netinst I get ethernet working but not the raid > system. Apparently a 2.6.11 kernel or newer is required for that. But > Debian has removed the tg3 driver in that kernel. Seems to me that I can > one or the other but not both. > > Suggestions anyone?
Plug one of the drives into the onboard (sii 3114) sata interfaces. Install onto that, then shuffle drives once you've got a minimal systems and working kernel installed. Alternatively you could try debootstrap from a live CD (eg. knoppix), assuming you can find one that supports all your hardware. This may involve an temporary i386 install. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
