I am trying to install Debian 2.2 rev2 onto a Dell server. It is a Poweredge 4400. My problem is the RAID array is not working. I currently have two drives connected in a RAID 1 (Mirror) configuration. I have two raid cards at my disposal either one will do. Dell supports the onboard card for redhat linux so I know the hardware will work under linux.
First Solution: Onboard Raid Controller - SCSI: Adaptec Perc3/DI. When I am plugged into this and the drives are configured on the card. The debian install process does not pick up any hard drives. I assume it needs drivers for the RAID card. I can download a RedHat install Disk Image (for expert mode installs) to load the driver. 1. Can I make this disk work under debian? Obviously the data isn't the way debian expects it on a disk. 2. Is there a debian driver that I have been unable to find? Second Solution: Add on Raid Controller. www.ami.com - It is registered on the website as an Elite 1500 (467 2 ch) Again I have a Redhat driver on AMI's website that I can create a disk image out of. This card the kernel does see. It calls it megaraid which according to a partner in crime it is. The problem is the kernel freezes on boot. The last message I see is: Scsi2: Found a megaraid controller at 0xfc804008 IRQ: 14 Thanks for any help!!! /******************************************************************** * Jim Miller * * Analyst/ Programmer * * Novoste Corporation * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * (770)810-3219 * * Round the Firewall, Out the modem, Through the router, * * Down the wire, NOTHIN BUT NET!! * **********************************************************************/ "Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, '227, any and all unsolicited commercial E-mail sent to this address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of $500 US. E-mailing denotes acceptance of these terms."