[Petter Reinholdtsen - Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:37 AM] > [Martin Schulte] >> Hello, >> we want to buy a TERRA Server 4000 (B-T-O) to run with skolelinux >> >> - Quad Core Intel Xeon mit 2.66 1333 MHz FSB >> - Mainboard: Intel S3210SHLX P4 LGA775, 4 GB RAM >> - Network: Intel i82566DM, 10/100/1000 Mbps (WOL/PXE/AMT2) + Intel >> i82541DM , 10/100/1000 Mbps ...
> I do not know that hardware, but looking at the list of parts, I would > be most worried about the network card. Does it need extra firmware > to work? Is that firmware available in Debian? If so, is it > available in Lenny, Squeeze or only Unstable. I do not know, but just > wanted to mention the issue. > > Searching for "i82566DM debian" gave me 3 hits on Google, which I > believe is not a good sign. "i82566DM linux kernel" gave 4 hits, > which also did not give me a good feeling. That really depends on one's interpretation of the signs, I'll take it as a good sign since apparently no one yelped for help on this controller :) However, I seem to remember Jose recommending _PCI Express_ for Gigabit Ethernet cards on servers, if I understand correctly the first (i82566) is an onboard controller and the second (i82541(DM?)) is PCI 2.3 ?? Odd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/61d7c46482bc48c8af44ddfe16918...@static00
