Installer Compatability Table

This table is a community maintained matrix of DebianInstaller builds and their compatability with various HP ?ProLiant systems.

System

Config

Installer

?InstallationReport

Summary

Etch

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]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384238 #384238]

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 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380272 #380272]. Works fine with Sarge netinst.

DL380 G4

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Etch Beta 3 netinst/i386]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383544 #383544]

DL360 G5

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Etch Beta 3 netinst/amd64]

[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384202 #384202]

[#daily Etch Beta 3 issues fixed in daily builds]

Sarge

BL20pG3

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

GRUB fails, use LILO

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

GRUB and LILO fail

[#hpde HPDE] 20060905/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20060815/amd64

(./)

BL25pG1

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

GRUB fails, use LILO

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

GRUB and LILO fail

[#hpde HPDE] 20060905/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20060815/amd64

(./)

BL460c

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

Missing storage/network drivers

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

Missing storage/network drivers

[#hpde HPDE] 20061023/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20061023/amd64

(./)

DL360G4

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

GRUB fails, use LILO

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

GRUB and LILO fail

[#hpde HPDE] 20060905/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20060815/amd64

(./)

DL380G1

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

(./)

DL380G4

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

GRUB fails, use LILO

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

GRUB and LILO fail

[#hpde HPDE] 20061106/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20061106/amd64

(./)

DL380G5

SAS

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

cciss driver too old, missing bnx2 driver for onboard nic

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

[#hpde HPDE] 20061106/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20061106/amd64

(./)

DL580G4

SCSI

[http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-i386-netinst.iso 31r0a/i386]

cciss driver too old, missing bnx2 driver for onboard nic

[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/amd64-3.1_r0/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-amd64-netinst.iso 31r0a/amd64]

[#hpde HPDE] 20061027/i386

(./)

[#hpde HPDE] 20061023/amd64

need to drop to shell to load cciss driver

?Anchor(hpde)

HPDE Builds

Contact DannFrazier to obtain an HPDE installer build

?Anchor(daily)

Daily Builds

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

Issues

Virtual Media Disconnect crashes kernel

Kernel crashes have been observed when ejecting Virtual CD-ROM media is ejected, even when the media is umounted. 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).

Panic loading cciss driver

The em64t-p4 flavor kernel has been observed to panic when attempting to load the cciss driver:

 SCSI subsystem initialized
 HP CISS Driver (v 2.6.10)
 cciss: using DAC cycles
 ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
 cciss cciss0: SendCmd Invalid command list address returned! (2)
 ciss cciss0: SendCmd Timeout out, No command list address returned!
 cciss: unable to determine firmware version of controller
 cciss cciss0: SendCmd Invalid command list address returned! (2)
 cciss cciss0: SendCmd Timeout out, No command list address returned!
 cciss: report logical volume command failed
 Using anticipatory io scheduler
 pivot_root: No such file or direKernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
 ctory

If you experience this problem, it is recommended to use the amd64-generic kernel instead.

Grub fails to install

Two different issues have been observed to cause this problem: