Debian install fails on poweredge 1950/megaraid_sas

[Anderson, Steven]

I basically had the same problem, I ended up loading the latest version
of Etch, the problem with the Perc driver has been fixed in that
version.
 

Steven Anderson

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From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Cindy (GE
Indust, ES TFS/MOD)
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:49 PM
To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
Subject: Debian install fails on poweredge 1950/megaraid_sas



Hi, 
I am trying to install Debian (from Debian 4 netinst ISO, kernel
2.6.18-486) on a brand new Dell Poweredge 1950. The installer detected
PERC 5i RAID SAS and harddisks, but the system will not boot after the
install, probably because the megaraid_sas driver is not being  loaded
from the initrd. I've tried rebooting from a rescue disk and
mounting/chrooting and tried the following -nothing has helped.

echo megaraid_sas >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
update-initramfs -u -k all 

Also tried: 
echo megaraid_sas >> /etc/mkinitramfs/modules
mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-486 2.6.18-486

I tried updating the driver using megaraid_sas-v00.00.03.09-1.noarch.rpm
downloaded from Dell. 

I tried installing yaird as a initram loader and did the following: 

yaird --output initrd.img-linux-image-2.6.18-486 2.6.18-4-486
Add to /etc/kernel-img.conf: 
ramdisk = /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird

I also tried a 2.6.20 kernel.  Does have any any suggestions? 

Thanks, 
Cindy 







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