[geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2008/04/02 Wed PM 10:10:15 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Dell T105 server arrives

>On Apr 2, 2008, at 22:29 , Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> As data-points, I tried Ubuntu Server AMD64 7.10 and it failed - the  
>> SATA optical drive couldn't be found by the installer (though the  
>> bootstrap program appeared to work fine), and Ubuntu Server i386 (32  
>> bit) 7.10 and it installed correctly, including network (it  
>> supported 1 Gig Ethernet, though I didn't get a chance to actually  
>> clock the throughput).
>
>This is a known problem.
>
>I believe there is a fix, but I forget now where I read it.
>
>http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2622&nbn=10
>
>They see the same issue.
>
>I looked through my bookmarks but I'm getting tired so I might try  
>again tomorrow if you don't find anything.
>
>I'm pretty sure this one will get fixed quickly, if it isn't already.

I knew there were issues, but I couldn't find this bug for this chipset, so I entered a new bug (assume it will be a dupe of something I couldn't find via search) against 64 bit 7.10 server.

I have seen older posts regarding alternate install disc, but no clear indication if 32 or 64 bit alternat worked.

As I understand it, if it works under 8.04 beta, then the bug is really considered closed, and there is no interest in going back and fixing it (reasonable, IMHO), but I really would like to see this corrected in 8.04 as that is an LTS (Long Term Support) release, and *could* be around for three years, and this bug/issue relates to install, not something that can be fixed via "apt-get update" after install.

Lionel