Debian on PowerEdge 1800 with CERC-6 RAID controller

[Michal Migurski]

I was advised to try Ubuntu, and it worked. Ubuntu Server 6.06,  
recognized the disk controller without a problem.

-mike.

On Jul 27, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Michal Migurski wrote:

> So we just received a new PowerEdge, and I'm itching to get Debian  
> installed.
>
> We have a Debian 3.0 Full Install disk, and a 3.1 Net Install disk.  
> The former boots, but doesn't recognize the drives (RAID 5, CERC 6  
> controller) the server shipped with, while the latter does not boot  
> at all. I've searched the archives of this list for information on  
> this issue, and have found pointers to aacraid and other tools, but  
> I don't seem to be in a position to actually run such a tool on the  
> machine. Do I need to first install Debian on a separate, non-RAID  
> drive and then bootstrap myself to the RAID? I'd prefer not to.
>
> -mike.

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