Re: Debian Installation with a Redhat kernel/drivers

From: Adam Garside (asg_at_gimp.shacknet.nu)
Date: 09/29/05

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    On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:17:03PM +0200, Madl Alfred - Together AT wrote:
    > 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 use a custom 2.4.31 vanilla kernel + grsec patches + supported QLogic
    QLA2300 vendor drivers on our HS20 Blade Servers.

    > 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.

    Our custom installer was built from the above custom kernel + sarge
    chroot with the 'bootcd' package.

    -- asg 

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