Difference between revisions of "Server Dell PowerEdge T410"

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** Complains about missing bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw & bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-09-5.0.0.j3.fw
 
** Complains about missing bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw & bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-09-5.0.0.j3.fw
 
*** Get it on another machine and put it on USB stick: aptitude install firmware-bnx2 ; cp /lib/firmware/bnx2/bnx2-*-09-5.0.0.j3.fw /media/XXXX
 
*** Get it on another machine and put it on USB stick: aptitude install firmware-bnx2 ; cp /lib/firmware/bnx2/bnx2-*-09-5.0.0.j3.fw /media/XXXX
** Partitionning: <br>there is a first primary partition for Dell Utilities (FAT16), I left it just in case...; <br>there is also a second primary partition: 2Gb of FAT32, empty, so I deleted it. <br>partition #2: 10Gb ext3 /
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** Partitionning: <br>there is a first primary partition for Dell Utilities (FAT16), I left it just in case...; <br>there is also a second primary partition: 2Gb of FAT32, empty, so I deleted it. <br>partition #2: primary 10Gb ext3 / label=ROOT<br>partition #3: primary 16Gb swap<br>partition #5: logical 2Tb physical volume for LVM
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Revision as of 12:11, 17 August 2010

Install notes

  • In BIOS
    • Activate Virtualization support
    • Power Management -> OS Control
    • Report kbd errors: NO
  • Installing squeeze (frozen but still testing) from daily image (17/08/2010)
    • Complains about missing bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw & bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-09-5.0.0.j3.fw
      • Get it on another machine and put it on USB stick: aptitude install firmware-bnx2 ; cp /lib/firmware/bnx2/bnx2-*-09-5.0.0.j3.fw /media/XXXX
    • Partitionning:
      there is a first primary partition for Dell Utilities (FAT16), I left it just in case...;
      there is also a second primary partition: 2Gb of FAT32, empty, so I deleted it.
      partition #2: primary 10Gb ext3 / label=ROOT
      partition #3: primary 16Gb swap
      partition #5: logical 2Tb physical volume for LVM