[svlug] Odd install problem w/ Etch on Dell 1950

[Satyen Sheth]

I've automated the install  Etch on Dell Poweredge series using 'preseed'
method and a handful of perl scripts.
The effect is similar to using FAI.

>From my experience kernel 2.6 did not work.  I auto installed Etch using
kernel 2.4.x
Then upgraded to a precompiled kernel (SMP 2.6.x).  <-- upgrading to a
precomplied kernel was also automated using the 'preseed hooks'.  So this
is  relatively painless for the N amount of machines the lab guy had to
install.

I don't recall if installing from CD/DVD gives an option to install flavors
of either kernel  (2.6 or 2.4).

I know that I could control it using my own concoction preseed method.

Hope this helps.
-S

On 5/25/07, ericv <ericv at cruzio.com> wrote:
>
>
> No message.  Etch uses 2.6.(18?)
>
> The megaraid comes up fine as the disk partitions cleanly and /target
> mounts
> fine.  It just hangs after the last selected package is loaded, just prior
> to
> installation.
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2007 08:54:05 +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote
> > On Thu, 24 May 2007 18:11:47 -0700
> > "ericv" <ericv at cruzio.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I have a Dell server that stalls out while installing Debian Etch.
> > > I can install Ubuntu 7.04 with no problem. Any ideas what could be
> > > going wrong?  It gets to the package install part then stalls out.
> > > I'm installing from the CD #1.
> >
> > No message?
> >
> > I had a problem for missing support for megaraid eide that is missing
> > in etch but works with sarge.
> > That should be fixed with 2.6.20 but etch has 2.5.18 and I'm not
> > willing to put extra maintenance effort on that box neither to switch
> > to ubuntu for a server... so I'm saving energy.
> >
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