Re: IBM eSeries xServer 335 can not more installed with Squeeze

"C. Jon Larsen" <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:15:28 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user.isp
Message-ID <alpine.DEB.2.02.1201301015030.25966@jlarsen-desktop>
If you go into the IBM bios you can disable the broadcom nics, at least on 
the ibm 336 and 3550 platforms you can do this.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Michelle Konzack wrote:

> OK, now I have found this in the net:
>
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
> no sorry the system just hang when it tries to load the tg3 (ethernet)
> module ?
>
> I've heard also about:
> http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/LNX/Debian+on+Dell+Servers
>
> but it doesn't discover properly the scsi stuff. arrgh !
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (the link does not more work)
>
> So, how to prevent that the Debian installer load the tg3 module?
>
> Even if I choose not to configure the network hardware, debian-installer
> load the module!  WTF?
>
> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
>    Michelle Konzack
>
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