If I am not mistaken, nic is either Broadcom or intel. The 830 worked well on Debian Sarge where I used to work, even with the sata controller. There is scsi support available for those server, so it is possible it is scsi
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mihira Fernando [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:20 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: dell poweredge 830 > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > its got, more or less: > > > > intel p4, 2GB, 2x 187GB scsi drives, integrated XGI XG20 VGA > > controller, unknown integrated gigabit NIC. > > > > I'm mostly concerned about hardware support and mystery devices that > > don't "just work" on this machine. > Better get a NIC that is known to work with Debian. > > -- > Random Quotes From Megas XLR > Coop: You see? The mysteries of the Universe are revealed when you break > stuff. > Jamie: When in doubt, blow up a planet. > Kiva: It's an 80 foot robot, if we can't see it, absolutely it's not here. > Glorft Technician: Unnecessary use of force in capturing the Earthers > has been approved. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. AVIS: Le présent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privilégiée et confidentielle et nest destiné qu'à la personne à qui il est adressé. Si vous nêtes pas le destinataire prévu, vous êtes par les présentes avisés que toute diffusion, distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser immédiatement lexpéditeur et le supprimer de votre système. Notez que la transmission de courriel ne peut en aucun cas être considéré comme inviolable ou exempt derreur puisque les informations quil contient pourraient être interceptés, corrompues, perdues, détruites, arrivées en retard ou incomplètes ou contenir un virus.