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= Installer Compatability Table =
This table is a community maintained matrix of DebianInstaller builds and their compatability with various HP ProLiant systems.
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'''Contents'''
<<TableOfContents(3)>>
== Installer Compatibility Table ==
This table is a community maintained matrix of DebianInstaller builds and their compatibility with various HP ProLiant systems. This page does not infer official support from HP. Information on official HP support offerings for Debian can be found on [[http://hp.com/go/debian|http://hp.com/go/proliantdebian]]. Additional list of links and information at [[http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/downloads/Debian-Proliant-Howto-etch-final-070907.pdf|Debian Proliant how to Etch 070907 (PDF) ]].
There is a HP support documentation about Debian GNU / Linux 5.0 Lenny installation on Proliant servers [[http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/downloads/Debian-5.0-lenny-readme.pdf|here]]. You may need firmware blobs found at [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/lenny/current/|here]] and [[http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware|here]] and instructions found at installation manual [[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s04.html.en|chapter 6.4]].
|| '''System''' || '''Config''' || '''Installer''' || '''InstallationReport''' || '''Summary''' ||
||||||||||<style="text-align: center;"> '''Lenny''' ||
|| BL685c G6 || || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.2/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-502-amd64-DVD-1.iso|5.0.2 amd64/DVD]] || || driver (bnx2x) missing for network controller, should be available in 5.0.3 ||
|| BL460c G6 || Boot from SAN || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/amd64/iso-cd/debian-504-amd64-netinst.iso|5.0.4 amd64/NetInst]] || || Worked fine, [[#Needbnx2firmware|needs bnx2 firmware]] ||
|| DL160 G6 || Smart Array P410 SAS || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/amd64/iso-cd/debian-504-amd64-netinst.iso|5.0.4 amd64/NetInst]] || || Worked fine ||
|| DL360 G5 || SAS Hotplug || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/|5.0r0 amd64]] || || Worked fine, [[#Needbnx2firmware|needs bnx2 firmware]] ||
|| DL360 G6 || SAS Hotplug || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/amd64/iso-cd/|5.0r0 amd64]] || || Worked fine, [[#Needbnx2firmware|needs bnx2 firmware]] ||
|| DL365 G5 || Smart Array E200i SAS || 5.0.2 netinst i386/amd64, 5.0.2 DVD i386 and amd64 || || Worked fine, [[#Needbnx2firmware|needs bnx2 firmware]] ||
|| ML350 G6 || NetXen Add-on card (10gig/dual port) || 5.0.2 || || The netxen_nic driver currently in Debian doesn't support this plug-in card. Need to use an updated kernel (>=2.6.27) ||
||||||||||<style="text-align: center;"> '''Etch''' ||
|| BL20p G3 || || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso|RC1 netboot/i386]] || || Worked ||
|| BL25p G1 || || || || ||
|| BL35p G1 || || || || ||
|| BL40p G1 || || || || ||
|| BL45p G1 || || || || ||
|| BL460c G1 || || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso|RC1 netboot/amd64]] || [[DebianBug:398981|#398981]] || Worked ||
|| BL465c G1 || || || || ||
|| BL480c G1 || || || || ||
|| BL485c G1 || || || || ||
|| DL140 G3 || SATA Hot Plug || 2.6.18-based daily || || Works 99% perfectly with 2007.01.16 - PS2 is not detected but everything else works (including USB) so this isn't a big issue. Test machine has SmartArray E200 RAID controller ||
|| DL140 G3 || SAS Hot Plug || 2.6.18-based daily || || PS2 is not detected but everything else works (including USB) so this isn't a big issue (but cannot use KVM). Test machine has LSI SAS RAID controller. ||
|| DL145 G1 || IDE || [[http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/beta3/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz|Etch Beta 3 netboot/amd64]] || [[DebianBug:384238|#384238]] || ||
|| DL145 G3 || SATA || 4.0r0 netinst CD || [[DebianBug:421646|#421646]] || ||
|| DL320 G4 || SATA || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso|20070208 daily build]] || [[DebianBug:410336|#410336]] || Worked ||
|| DL360 G5 || || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso|Etch Beta 3 netinst/amd64]] || [[DebianBug:384202|#384202]] || [[#daily|Etch Beta 3 issues fixed in daily builds]] ||
|| DL360 G5 || SAS || 4.0r0 netinst CD || || ||
|| DL365 G1 || Network || debootstrap || || Installed from an Ubuntu CD. Had to manually install the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI for Linux from HP's website, and its needed librairy, to configure the disk arrays, which were perfectly detected, but was unable to install Grub, had to go for lilo. ||
|| DL380 G1 || SCSI || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso|Etch Beta 3 netinst/i386]] || || Unable to get access Integrated Smart Array RAID volume. Probably the same problem seen [[http://www.thestevensons.org/node/view/649|here for fedora]] and in debian in bug [[DebianBug:380272|#380272]]. Works fine with Sarge netinst. ||
|| DL380 G3 || SCSI-Raid-1, Raid-5 || Debian 5.0/CD-1 || ||Working 100% perfectly; Raid setup using Raid Bios option while booting||
|| DL380 G4 || SCSI || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso|Etch Beta 3 netinst/i386]] || [[DebianBug:383544|#383544]] || ||
|| DL380 G5 || SAS || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso|etch4.0/i386]] || || Worked. It's possible to install HP official software hpacucli, hpadu, hpasm, cmanic and cpqacuxe officialy supported only for 3.1 Sarge. Don't work for me hprsm, hpsmh. Also possible to install the opensource array monitoring tool cpqarrayd and array-info. ||
|| DL385 G2 || || amd64 daily (2006.11.30) || [[DebianBug:401150|#401150]] || Worked ||
|| DL580 G4 || SAS || || || ||
|| DL585 G1 || SCSI || || || ||
|| DL585 G2 || || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso|RC1 netboot/amd64]] || [[DebianBug:398992|#398992]] || Worked ||
||<style="text-align: center;" |3> ML110 G3 || SATA || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso|etch rc1/i386]] || || Used software RAID, default intallation worked just fine. However, "vga=791" must be appended to kernel line, otherwise no consoles will be spawn. ||
|| Network || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso|Debian Etch 4.0]] || Failed || Broadcom network card no longer supported by new 'free' Tigon3 drivers. ||
|| Network || Lenny || [[DebianBug:507502|#507502]] || ||
||<style="text-align: center;" |4> ML110 G4 ||<style="text-align: center;" |4> SATA || 20061121/i386 || || Didn't work with lvm root and LILO, using cciss driver with hardware RAID1 ||
|| 20070127/i386 || || worked fine. ||
|| 20070217/amd64 ||[[DebianBug:411621|#411621]] || No key input is avaiable after showing 1st dialog on VGA console. However install with serial (console=ttyS0 option) was success. It also works with an USB keyboard. ||
|| [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso|Debian Etch 4.0]] || || Worked. Kernel 2.6.18-4-686. Sotware RAID during install on /, /home and swap. Network card supported natively. VESA driver only for xorg. ||
|| ML150 G3 || SATA || amd64 (2007.09.14) || || Worked with hardware RAID1. ||
|| ML310 G2 || SATA || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso|Debian Etch 4.0]] || || worked ||
||<style="text-align: center;" |2> ML310 G3 || +smartarray 641 || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso|etch rc1/i386]] || || worked ||
|| Onboard SATA || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso|20070208 daily]] || || worked ||
|| ML310 G5 || SATA || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso|Debian Etch 4.0]] || || worked. Integrated RAID Controler is SataRaid and at this time HP does not provide software RAID drivers. You must use [[SoftwareRAID]]. ||
|| ML320 G4 || || || || ||
|| ML330 G3 || SCSI/SmartArray 641 || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso|etch4.0/i386]] || || default installation worked just fine (used GRUB and cciss for hardware RAID-1) ||
|| ML350 G5 || SAS/HP Smart array E200i ||[[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r1/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-40r1-amd64-DVD-1.iso|etch4.0/amd64]] || || worked ||
|| ML370 G1 || SCSI/SmartArray || || || Worked, use Alien to install HPASM ||
|| ML370 G3 || SCSI/SmartArray || [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/|netinst RC2 20070317]] || [[DebianBug:415963|#415963]] || Worked, besides some general D-I issues that have nothing to do with the hardware ||
|| ML370 G5 || || || || ||
|| ML570 G4 || || || || ||
|| ML110 G5 || ||[[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-40r3-amd64-netinst.iso|etch40r3/amd64 (netinst)]] || || Worked except network card; PCI-ID 14e4:165a is supported by tg3 in Debian 5.0. ||
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|| '''System''' || '''Config''' || '''Installer''' || '''InstallationReport''' || '''Additional Notes''' ||
|| DL145 G1 || base/IDE || [http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/beta3/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz Etch Beta 3 netboot/amd64] || [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384238 #384238] || ||
<<Anchor(daily)>>

=== Daily Builds ===
Daily builds are available from the [[http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/|d-i devel page]]

== Known Issues ==
=== Need bnx2 firmware ===
Several HP ProLiant systems use the Broadcom NetXtreme II network controllers. This network controller is supported by the bnx2 driver, but requires external non-free firmware. The installer will detect the absence of this firmware and prompt you for it at install-time. To avoid this, you can modify your install image to include the needed firmware. See [[http://dannf.org/bloggf/tech/add-firmware-to.html|this page]] for a script that does this. Also details at DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . More details are available in [[http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/downloads/Debian-5.0-lenny-readme.pdf|this HP-provided document]].

=== Virtual Media Disconnect crashes kernel ===
Kernel crashes have been observed when ejecting Virtual CD-ROM media is ejected, even when the media is unmounted. The suggested workaround is to shutdown the OS before ejecting the Virtual CD-ROM. Observed on an iLO 2 system running kernel-image-2.6.8-12-amd64-generic (2.6.8-16sarge5hpde1).

=== Remote Serial Console hangs ===
The boot sequence has been observed to hang when Linux is configured to use the Remote Serial Console. Sending data to the serial console (e.g., pressing enter) will allow the console output to proceed. Observed on an iLO 2 system running kernel-image-2.6.8-12-amd64-generic (2.6.8-16sarge5hpde1).

=== Grub fails to install ===
Two different issues have been observed to cause this problem:

 * The Debian 2.6.8 kernel has a [[http://dannf.org/bloggf/tech/cciss-grub-real-fix.html|bug]] in the block layer that causes certain ioctls to fail. The HPDE installer includes the fix for this bug. Debian 2.4 kernels do not seem to be affected.
 * Grub may also fail if the partition that holds /boot extends past the first 512MB. You can identify this situation by choosing "Execute a Shell" in the main menu and running 'cat /target/tmp/grub*'. If you see the message ''Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS'', try creating a separate /boot partition that resides within the first 512MB of your disk. This has only been observed with the i386 installer.
 * Debian-installer gets an error during GRUB install. Using grub manually yields:
{{{
grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
 Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
Error 15: File not found
}}}
 . Mounting this partition showed that the grub files had been copied to the appropriate places (/boot/grub/stage1, etc.). I tried using the 'install' command directly and used tab completion to find the stage1 image by starting out with '(hd0,0)/' and hitting tab. Doing so only displayed '(hd0,0)/lost+found/'. It seems that there was caching going on somewhere such that the RAID controller drivers were reading the files (so Linux could see them) but grub couldn't see them yet. I rebooted and started the setup over again making sure to leave the /boot filesystem intact and the partitioning intact. Having done so, the GRUB Install portion of setup was successful.

=== debootstrap fails ===
There has been a report of a "debootstrap error" message while installing a ProLiant with a burned netinst ISO. This is believed to be caused by an issue with reading the burned media. Installing using iLO virtual media, or by [[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s06.html.en|netbooting the installer]].

=== AMD system doesn't detect NIC/Smart Array controller or panics with "PCI-DMA: high address but no IOMMU" ===
Try passing pci=nommconf as described [[http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/k8-notes.html|here]].

=== Automatic partitioning detects disk, but fails to partition ===
The guided partitioning option "use entire disk" in the sarge installer may fail on very large logical disks (>1 TB). It is still possible to use the entire disk, but you will have to partition the disk manually instead of using the guided option. See [[DebianBug:412624|#412624]] for details.

=== Debian 4.0 ('etch') installs 486 kernel on AMD system, only sees 1 CPU ===
If you install etch for i386 using the CD 1 of the full CD set, it will be unable to find the AMD-optimized kernel and will fallback to installing the 486 kernel. This is because CD 1 does not include the k7 kernel, which is optimized for AMD systems and the 486 kernel does not provide SMP support. This is Debian Bug [[DebianBug:417051|417051]].

For new installs, you can get around this by either installing with the netinst ISO (requires install-time access to a Debian mirror) or by using DVD 1, which contains the k7 kernel.

If you've already installed, you can install the k7 kernel simply by running:

 . aptitude install linux-image-2.6-k7
You will need to reboot to begin running this kernel.

=== Debian 4.0 ('etch') does not support more than 16 LUNs on a Smart Array Controller ===
If you configure more than 16 logical drives on a Smart Array controller, it will only see the first 16. This is due to a hardcoded limit in the cciss driver.

Contents

Installer Compatibility Table

This table is a community maintained matrix of DebianInstaller builds and their compatibility with various HP ?ProLiant systems. This page does not infer official support from HP. Information on official HP support offerings for Debian can be found on http://hp.com/go/proliantdebian. Additional list of links and information at Debian Proliant how to Etch 070907 (PDF). There is a HP support documentation about Debian GNU / Linux 5.0 Lenny installation on Proliant servers here. You may need firmware blobs found at here and here and instructions found at installation manual chapter 6.4.

System

Config

Installer

?InstallationReport

Summary

Lenny

BL685c G6

5.0.2 amd64/DVD

driver (bnx2x) missing for network controller, should be available in 5.0.3

BL460c G6

Boot from SAN

5.0.4 amd64/NetInst

Worked fine, needs bnx2 firmware

DL160 G6

Smart Array P410 SAS

5.0.4 amd64/NetInst

Worked fine

DL360 G5

SAS Hotplug

5.0r0 amd64

Worked fine, needs bnx2 firmware

DL360 G6

SAS Hotplug

5.0r0 amd64

Worked fine, needs bnx2 firmware

DL365 G5

Smart Array E200i SAS

5.0.2 netinst i386/amd64, 5.0.2 DVD i386 and amd64

Worked fine, needs bnx2 firmware

ML350 G6

?NetXen Add-on card (10gig/dual port)

5.0.2

The netxen_nic driver currently in Debian doesn't support this plug-in card. Need to use an updated kernel (>=2.6.27)

Etch

BL20p G3

RC1 netboot/i386

Worked

BL25p G1

BL35p G1

BL40p G1

BL45p G1

BL460c G1

RC1 netboot/amd64

#398981

Worked

BL465c G1

BL480c G1

BL485c G1

DL140 G3

SATA Hot Plug

2.6.18-based daily

Works 99% perfectly with 2007.01.16 - PS2 is not detected but everything else works (including USB) so this isn't a big issue. Test machine has ?SmartArray E200 RAID controller

DL140 G3

SAS Hot Plug

2.6.18-based daily

PS2 is not detected but everything else works (including USB) so this isn't a big issue (but cannot use KVM). Test machine has LSI SAS RAID controller.

DL145 G1

IDE

Etch Beta 3 netboot/amd64

#384238

DL145 G3

SATA

4.0r0 netinst CD

#421646

DL320 G4

SATA

20070208 daily build

#410336

Worked

DL360 G5

Etch Beta 3 netinst/amd64

#384202

Etch Beta 3 issues fixed in daily builds

DL360 G5

SAS

4.0r0 netinst CD

DL365 G1

Network

debootstrap

Installed from an Ubuntu CD. Had to manually install the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI for Linux from HP's website, and its needed librairy, to configure the disk arrays, which were perfectly detected, but was unable to install Grub, had to go for lilo.

DL380 G1

SCSI

Etch Beta 3 netinst/i386

Unable to get access Integrated Smart Array RAID volume. Probably the same problem seen here for fedora and in debian in bug #380272. Works fine with Sarge netinst.

DL380 G3

SCSI-Raid-1, Raid-5

Debian 5.0/CD-1

Working 100% perfectly; Raid setup using Raid Bios option while booting

DL380 G4

SCSI

Etch Beta 3 netinst/i386

#383544

DL380 G5

SAS

etch4.0/i386

Worked. It's possible to install HP official software hpacucli, hpadu, hpasm, cmanic and cpqacuxe officialy supported only for 3.1 Sarge. Don't work for me hprsm, hpsmh. Also possible to install the opensource array monitoring tool cpqarrayd and array-info.

DL385 G2

amd64 daily (2006.11.30)

#401150

Worked

DL580 G4

SAS

DL585 G1

SCSI

DL585 G2

RC1 netboot/amd64

#398992

Worked

ML110 G3

SATA

etch rc1/i386

Used software RAID, default intallation worked just fine. However, "vga=791" must be appended to kernel line, otherwise no consoles will be spawn.

Network

Debian Etch 4.0

Failed

Broadcom network card no longer supported by new 'free' Tigon3 drivers.

Network

Lenny

#507502

ML110 G4

SATA

20061121/i386

Didn't work with lvm root and LILO, using cciss driver with hardware RAID1

20070127/i386

worked fine.

20070217/amd64

#411621

No key input is avaiable after showing 1st dialog on VGA console. However install with serial (console=ttyS0 option) was success. It also works with an USB keyboard.

Debian Etch 4.0

Worked. Kernel 2.6.18-4-686. Sotware RAID during install on /, /home and swap. Network card supported natively. VESA driver only for xorg.

ML150 G3

SATA

amd64 (2007.09.14)

Worked with hardware RAID1.

ML310 G2

SATA

Debian Etch 4.0

worked

ML310 G3

+smartarray 641

etch rc1/i386

worked

Onboard SATA

20070208 daily

worked

ML310 G5

SATA

Debian Etch 4.0

worked. Integrated RAID Controler is ?SataRaid and at this time HP does not provide software RAID drivers. You must use SoftwareRAID.

ML320 G4

ML330 G3

SCSI/SmartArray 641

etch4.0/i386

default installation worked just fine (used GRUB and cciss for hardware RAID-1)

ML350 G5

SAS/HP Smart array E200i

etch4.0/amd64

worked

ML370 G1

SCSI/SmartArray

Worked, use Alien to install HPASM

ML370 G3

SCSI/SmartArray

netinst RC2 20070317

#415963

Worked, besides some general D-I issues that have nothing to do with the hardware

ML370 G5

ML570 G4

ML110 G5

etch40r3/amd64 (netinst)

Worked except network card; PCI-ID 14e4:165a is supported by tg3 in Debian 5.0.

Daily Builds

Daily builds are available from the d-i devel page

Known Issues

Need bnx2 firmware

Several HP ?ProLiant systems use the Broadcom ?NetXtreme II network controllers. This network controller is supported by the bnx2 driver, but requires external non-free firmware. The installer will detect the absence of this firmware and prompt you for it at install-time. To avoid this, you can modify your install image to include the needed firmware. See this page for a script that does this. Also details at DebianInstaller/NetbootFirmware . More details are available in this HP-provided document.

Virtual Media Disconnect crashes kernel

Kernel crashes have been observed when ejecting Virtual CD-ROM media is ejected, even when the media is unmounted. The suggested workaround is to shutdown the OS before ejecting the Virtual CD-ROM. Observed on an iLO 2 system running kernel-image-2.6.8-12-amd64-generic (2.6.8-16sarge5hpde1).

Remote Serial Console hangs

The boot sequence has been observed to hang when Linux is configured to use the Remote Serial Console. Sending data to the serial console (e.g., pressing enter) will allow the console output to proceed. Observed on an iLO 2 system running kernel-image-2.6.8-12-amd64-generic (2.6.8-16sarge5hpde1).

Grub fails to install

Two different issues have been observed to cause this problem:

  • The Debian 2.6.8 kernel has a bug in the block layer that causes certain ioctls to fail. The HPDE installer includes the fix for this bug. Debian 2.4 kernels do not seem to be affected.

  • Grub may also fail if the partition that holds /boot extends past the first 512MB. You can identify this situation by choosing "Execute a Shell" in the main menu and running 'cat /target/tmp/grub*'. If you see the message Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS, try creating a separate /boot partition that resides within the first 512MB of your disk. This has only been observed with the i386 installer.

  • Debian-installer gets an error during GRUB install. Using grub manually yields:

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
 Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
Error 15: File not found
  • Mounting this partition showed that the grub files had been copied to the appropriate places (/boot/grub/stage1, etc.). I tried using the 'install' command directly and used tab completion to find the stage1 image by starting out with '(hd0,0)/' and hitting tab. Doing so only displayed '(hd0,0)/lost+found/'. It seems that there was caching going on somewhere such that the RAID controller drivers were reading the files (so Linux could see them) but grub couldn't see them yet. I rebooted and started the setup over again making sure to leave the /boot filesystem intact and the partitioning intact. Having done so, the GRUB Install portion of setup was successful.

debootstrap fails

There has been a report of a "debootstrap error" message while installing a ?ProLiant with a burned netinst ISO. This is believed to be caused by an issue with reading the burned media. Installing using iLO virtual media, or by netbooting the installer.

AMD system doesn't detect NIC/Smart Array controller or panics with "PCI-DMA: high address but no IOMMU"

Try passing pci=nommconf as described here.

Automatic partitioning detects disk, but fails to partition

The guided partitioning option "use entire disk" in the sarge installer may fail on very large logical disks (>1 TB). It is still possible to use the entire disk, but you will have to partition the disk manually instead of using the guided option. See #412624 for details.

Debian 4.0 ('etch') installs 486 kernel on AMD system, only sees 1 CPU

If you install etch for i386 using the CD 1 of the full CD set, it will be unable to find the AMD-optimized kernel and will fallback to installing the 486 kernel. This is because CD 1 does not include the k7 kernel, which is optimized for AMD systems and the 486 kernel does not provide SMP support. This is Debian Bug 417051.

For new installs, you can get around this by either installing with the netinst ISO (requires install-time access to a Debian mirror) or by using DVD 1, which contains the k7 kernel.

If you've already installed, you can install the k7 kernel simply by running:

  • aptitude install linux-image-2.6-k7

You will need to reboot to begin running this kernel.

Debian 4.0 ('etch') does not support more than 16 LUNs on a Smart Array Controller

If you configure more than 16 logical drives on a Smart Array controller, it will only see the first 16. This is due to a hardcoded limit in the cciss driver.