On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 08:15:27PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installing Debian on a Sun Fire V65x, which is basically an intel whitebox > server. It uses the SE7501WV2 board > (http://www.intel.com/design/servers/se7501wv2/index.htm?iid=ipp_srvr+mthrbds_se7501wv2_srvr&;). > > The server has all sorts of fancy bells and whistles like e1000 cards and aic79xx > scsi. Since I'm installing woody, I'd like to stick with a Debian kernel, but sadly > no stable kernels have aic79xx in them already. Lots of bells and whistles I'd > rather not have, but oh well. > > So I'm looking for suggestions on what I should run --- I see a couple options: > > 1. Run WOLK (what I currently run on my gentoo laptop) > a. Bad idea on Debian? > 2. Run a kernel from testing or unstable > a. If so, which one is a good, stable kernel for a server > b. I'd like to have security patches for it in this case --- so I think > unstable would be a better bet? > 3. Run vanilla linux sources (what I do on my debian sparc machine) > > Any BTDT or suggestions on kernels would be appreciated. I'd rather not build > modules for the drivers for the stable kernels, as I looked into doing it for > aic79xx and its kind of a pain --- almost equal to the pain of doing #3 above. > > FWIW, this kernel will be used on an email/file/web/etc. server. Its using md and > some qlogic san drivers if that gives you an idea of its hardware. > > Thanks! >
It is easy to build your own kernel within Debian. Look at the kernel-package package. Choose an existing kernel-image as a starting point. Download your choosen kernel-image. Grab the .config out of /boot, or open up the .deb without installing it. Use your favorite make ?config to add your scsi module, and follow the instructions in man make-kpkg. Hardest part is deciding what to do about your own version/revision numbers. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
