My friend, you are leet. On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Madl Alfred - Together AT wrote:
> Hi ! > > Just want to inform that we have successfully installed Debian Sarge 3.1r0a > (32 Bit, 64 Bit AMD64/EM64T will follow next days) on an IBM x345 with QLogic > SAN adapters (no local disks) and on an IBM x460 with QLogic SAN adapters (no > local disks) by using a custom kernel which was built directly from redhat > 2.6.9-11 kernel sources (in order to have IBM supported driver versions). > > We also have succesfully produced custom Debian NetInst install CDs which > boot already (and install) the custom kernel in order to access SAN disks > during the installation process and boot from SAN (again with the right > kernel) during the second phase of debian installer. > > We will document the build process of the Redhat kernel sources for Debian > (we call it "blueshoe" kernel :-) as well as the creation of the custom > install disks with this kernel. > > Hope this is interesting for Debian wannabe users which struggle with branded > hardware that officially just supports Redhat kernels / drivers. This way > they can get the best of both worlds... > > Many thanks to Russell Stuart for his great tool "Kern2Deb"... > > Greetings. > > Alfred Madl > Together Teamlösungen > > -- .''`. Arthur H. Johnson II : :' : Debian GNU/Linux Advocate `. `' AYSO Region 721 U6-G3 Coach `- adidas: All Day I Dream About Soccer
