Debian and Poweredge 2900

[Vicente J. Ruiz Jurado]

Elliot Fuller wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian Sarge on a Poweredge 2900. I have a 8  
> drives in a RAID 5 array. I chose Debian because I am familiar with  
> Debian based distributions, and Debian Sarge seems to be the only non- 
> proprietary linux distribution/version that people have been getting  
> OMSA to work on. The standard Debian installer does not come with  
> RAID support, or with support for the latest Broadcom ethernet  
> drivers. Thus, I tried looking for Debian install images rolled with  
> RAID support, etc.. The Dell Linux site seems to have a long list of  
> broken links to these kinds of install images. I was very disappointed.
>
> I am interested in any information/links about Debian install images  
> that work with Poweredge servers (specifically 2900 series). Any  
> success stories?
>   
Try:
http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers
I don't know if works on 2900 but support a lot of similar poweredges.
Is the image I use normally and also works for sarge by default (as it
gets the stable packages from the repositories).

Good luck,

Vicente Ruiz