Debian on PE R410

[Laurent Beauvisage]

Hi Toni.

with 2.6.29 kernel and 0.17 firmware It work !
Thanks you for your help.

Laurent

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    Toni Janz a écrit :

    I have three of the R410's up and running with Debian Lenny.

    Here is what you will need.

    http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-image-2.6.29-bpo.2-amd64


    http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/firmware-bnx2

    Also, here is a resource to check for hardware compatibility on Debian:

    http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/


    Toni 

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Laurent Beauvisage a écrit :
> Hi.
>
> I update firmware / Bios with Dell Unified Server Configurator (great 
> tools !)
> after the update, The debian lenny fail during network card detection.
>
> Do you think I can get a better (or different) result by Updating the 
> BIOS Firmware on debian like here 
> http://www.ducea.com/2007/08/27/dell-bios-firmware-updates-on-debian/ ?
>
>
> Laurent
>
> Hostmaster a écrit :
>>
>> Hi Laurent,
>>
>> Dell do a “Systems Management” ISO:
>>
>>  
>>
>> http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R226574&SystemID=PWE_R410&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=17861&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=36&fileid=324755 
>> <http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R226574&SystemID=PWE_R410&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=17861&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=36&fileid=324755>
>>
>>  
>>
>> This provides functionality to upgrade firmware. Bit of a hefty 
>> download though...
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>  
>>
>> *From:* linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com 
>> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] *On Behalf Of 
>> *Laurent Beauvisage
>> *Posted At:* 07 July 2009 16:56
>> *Posted To:* Hostmaster
>> *Conversation:* Debian on PE R410
>> *Subject:* Re: Debian on PE R410
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thank's for the Fast answer !
>>
>> I read something about that on the list archive. ( 
>> http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2009-June/039532.html 
>> )
>> But I don't know how to update firmware (and which firmware) without OS.
>>
>>
>> Laurent
>>
>> Andrew Robert Nicols a écrit :
>>
>> Laurent,
>>  
>> Have you tried upgrading the firmware on the server? The early R610 and
>> R710s shipped with a firmware version which didn't work with some kernel
>> versions including that which is used by Lenny. I should think that the
>> R410 is similarly troubled.
>>  
>> Andrew
>>  
>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 05:31:19PM +0200, Laurent Beauvisage wrote:
>>   
>>
>>     Hello
>>
>>      
>>
>>     (sorry for my english)
>>
>>      
>>
>>     I have some dificulty during Debian Lenny install on PowerEdge R410
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Debian doesn't recognize the network interface,
>>
>>     I try to load firmware-bnx2
>>
>>     http://packages.debian.org/en/lenny/firmware-bnx2 from a USB key. but
>>
>>     doesn't work
>>
>>     lspci return : Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM 5716
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Does anybody has successful install Debian on PowerEdge R410 and can
>>
>>     Help me ?
>>
>>     I found nothing on Google
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Best regards
>>
>>      
>>
>>     -- 
>>
>>     Laurent Beauvisage
>>
>>      
>>
>>      
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