On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:01:21PM -0500, Neil Gunton wrote: > I installed a server back in 2005 which has an Adaptec SmartRaid 2015S > card. I had problems installing AMD64, which I eventually worked around > and documented here: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/09/msg00201.html > > Now I am considering rebuilding the server from the ground up with > Etch/AMD64 netinst (repartitioning, replacing disks). I would like to > install, if at all possible, without going through the song and dance > that was required back in 2005 (bootstrapping off CentOS etc). > > So, I am wondering if anybody can tell me whether: > > a) dpt_i2o is now included with the stock netinst amd64 kernel, or > b) i2o_block is now including and working with stock netinst kernel
Well the 2.6.18 kernel on Etch amd64 has: CONFIG_I2O=m CONFIG_I2O_LCT_NOTIFY_ON_CHANGES=y CONFIG_I2O_EXT_ADAPTEC=y CONFIG_I2O_EXT_ADAPTEC_DMA64=y CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG=m CONFIG_I2O_CONFIG_OLD_IOCTL=y CONFIG_I2O_BUS=m CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK=m CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=m CONFIG_I2O_PROC=m ... so I think i2o_block should be covered. I seem to recall dpt_i2o isn't 64bit safe and I don't think anyone has tried to fix it. > I don't really mind which driver it wants to use, as long as I can get > things running again, ideally with a quick, straightforward install. The > server is colocated and so this will be a road trip up to Chicago. I'd > like to know roughly what to expect. Looks like it should work. The kernel on sarge never had the i2o stuff enabled so it was a pain for sure. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
