Debian etch on the PE2850

[Andrew Pounce]

Etch is fine with the default kernel, note however that if you install the
etchandahalf kernel or want to install lenny you will need to install the
firmware-bnx2 package as the bnx2 driver is now dependent on loading
firmware from disk.

Currently the installer prompts you to use a usb stick or floppy.

This makes for an interesting time if you build a monolithic kernel as
when the networking gets initialised there aren't yet any disks available
- which is nice :(

 -Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-
> bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Erwin Schliske
> Sent: 09 January 2009 10:57
> To: mirek79 at centrum.cz
> Cc: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> Subject: Re: Debian etch on the PE2850
>
> Hi,
>
> we run many of our 2850 with Etch and the default kernel without
> problems.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Erwin
>