I am attempting to install Debian Lenny on a Dell R610 equipped with a PERC 6/i controller. I built a 4+1 (500GB Seagates) RAID 5 group in the PERC BIOS and left another disk for a hot spare. I was able to boot from the Debian DVD, create LVM, partitions, etc. Other than the bnx2 firmware it was a very non-eventful install process.
When the machine attempts to boot from the PERC based drive it simply hangs. The last thing I see is from the DRAC: Press <CRTL-E> for Remote Access Setup within 5 sec......... After that just a line wrap or two when the 5 seconds lapses. My assumption is that something is wrong with the boot loader process. Is the 1.8TB LUN/SD exceeding a size limit I am unaware of? Do I need any particular modules/drivers in the initrd to allow it to boot? Any other ideas? Thanks, Rob Heilman _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
