Ethernet driver for PE1950 ?

[Jean-Paul Blaquiere]

Terry Gliedt wrote:
> I just started to install Debian sarge (or anything at this point) on 
> our new 1950s and the Ethernet device is not recognized. What can you 
> tell me about the driver for this?  TIA
> 
Debian/etch installs okay on these machines, with a minor gotcha.

This is how I got Debian/etch working on a 1950.

get a debian testing CD (with a kernel version of 2.6.15 or higher)
June 2006 is sufficient.

Hardware warnings:
physical network ports get listed in the kernel backwards
GB1 == eth1
GB2 == eth0
the RAID card is  PERC/5i, which is supported by the megaraid_sas.ko 
kernel module
the ethernet chipset is a Broadcom NeteXtreme II, supported by bnx2.ko


Install and partition as per usual.
we do choose to participate in the popularity contest.
do *not* unselect 'standard system'.  it doesn't install things like apt and
dpkg and other useful goodies.

do not reboot!  go to the page that says 'reboot to continue the
installation'.  do not select anything!
go to VT2 and do some tweaking.

chroot /target && bash
cd /etc/mkinitramfs
rm modules
ln -s ../modules ./
cat >> /etc/mkinitramfs/modules
megaraid_sas
sd_mod
bnx2

EOF (or ctrl-d)

# cd /boot
/usr/sbin/update-initramfs -ct -k `uname -r`

now you can reboot.
exit all shells on VT2, go back to VT1 and select 'continue'

you can confirm that the initrd was updated by copying the 
initrd.img-`uname -r`
to /tmp, cpio -i < initrd.img and making sure that
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraids_sas.ko exists

boot off the internal drive.  watch it work :)
breath a sigh of relief.

edit /etc/network/interfaces and convert eth0 to a static address (from 
dhcp)
apt-get install smp kernel and ssh.
confirm that you can login from another host.
this is testing therefore:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade

logout and go back to yer desk.
enjoy the rest of the install from the comfort of a comfortable chair.


./jp
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