Difference between revisions of "PowerEdge 1950 Debian install"
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Revision as of 18:21, 21 January 2012
BIOS Settings
- Turn on virtualization
- Lots of options regarding console redirection over serial. Need to investigate.
IPMI
Updating firmware
Should be doable using the PXE boot firmware update procedure found elsewhere in this wiki. (Replace with a real link.)
Debian Install image locations
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-6.0.3-amd64-netinst.iso
non-Free firmware for Ethernet cards
PowerEdge 1950 machines have 2 on-board Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. Firmware for adapters is non-free and must be loaded to perform the Debian installation.
An ISO image is available at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/6.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/ which should include the bits necessary to use these adapters during the OS installation
http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware has a discussion of issues surrounding the non-free firmware needed by these systems and its use in Debian.