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Old 05-12-2014, 12:09 PM   #1
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Red face No hard drive detected during Debian installation


Hi all!

I'm having problem in installing debian 7.5.0 on Supermicro server running on raid 1 whereby the hard drive is not detected. This server is running 2x 600GB hdd and i'm using DVD images of debian-7.5.0-amd64 and set boot into the thumbdrive due to the server does not have any cd drives. The installation went ok until i reached into partition section whereby the drives is not there to be selected

I've tried to use debian-7.5.0-amd64-netinst but still the same thing happened

Can i know what should i do? please help me thx

My server details:
Supermicro SC813MTQ-R400CB
Supermicro X10SLL-F motherboard
8GB Ram
2x 600GB HDD

Last edited by xmuzukerx; 05-13-2014 at 12:02 AM. Reason: Adding info
 
Old 05-12-2014, 02:38 PM   #2
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Since software RAID isn't set up until the partitioning step, is this some kind of RAID set up in the BIOS?

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid
 
Old 05-12-2014, 07:24 PM   #3
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Ctrl+Alt+F4 allows you to see what is happening during install.
If hdd is bad it will tell you.
Ctrl+Alt+F1 takes you back to main installer.
 
Old 05-12-2014, 11:51 PM   #4
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Since software RAID isn't set up until the partitioning step, is this some kind of RAID set up in the BIOS?

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid
The server raid is preconfigured using areca raid controller, still stuck in installation because no hdd is detected
 
Old 05-13-2014, 12:52 AM   #5
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Hi,

from https://wiki.debian.org/LinuxRaidForAdmins it looks like that may not be supported in the installer. See the above page for more information.

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Old 05-13-2014, 01:53 AM   #6
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It appears that it is supported.
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Hardware using this driver: all ARECA SATA controllers.

Areca is a fairly new player on the SATA Hardware RAID market, but they offer unprecedented features and have excellent driver support for Linux. Their hardware supports RAID-6 in addition to the other levels, and online expansion + migration as well. The driver is in the main kernel as of 2.6.19, but debian supports it since etch (2.6.18).
 
Old 05-13-2014, 02:02 AM   #7
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Hi,

but it also says:
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* The new ARC-18xx series is NOT supported by the old driver included in the Kernel, only the ARC11xx/12xx/13xx/16xx will work
I don't know what is meant by "old driver included in the kernel" and I also don't know exactly what device the OP has, hence why I said
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it looks like that may not be supported in the installer.
Emphasis added.

Cheers,

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Old 05-13-2014, 03:14 AM   #8
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any suggestion on what should i do in order to install debian into the server?
 
Old 05-13-2014, 07:18 AM   #9
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No real clue about RAID, but it looks like there is no in tree support yet for the 18xx devices. There is the vendor driver (same driver but newer), but you'd need to get the system installed first, then chroot in and build the new driver.

As I said I don't know enough about RAID, whether you can disable it, use legacy mode, get the system and driver installed and then reboot, re-enable RAID, etc...? Someone else will know.
 
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Two-drive software RAID is well supported by the kernel and most likely better performance than the firmware RAID in the BIOS.
 
Old 05-13-2014, 05:12 PM   #11
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any suggestion on what should i do in order to install debian into the server?
first, determine what device you actually have (eg using lspci). Is it an ARC-18xx?

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Old 05-13-2014, 10:57 PM   #12
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first, determine what device you actually have (eg using lspci). Is it an ARC-18xx?

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How do i use the command lspci in installer boot menu?
 
Old 05-13-2014, 11:06 PM   #13
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Hi,
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How do i use the command lspci in installer boot menu?
You can't, but you can run a live OS on cd or usb stick.

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Old 05-14-2014, 01:57 AM   #14
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Hi,

You can't, but you can run a live OS on cd or usb stick.

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user@debian:~$ lspci


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell DRAM Controller (rev 06)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM (rev 04)

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d4)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #2 (rev d4)

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point LPC Controller (rev 04)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Lynx Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point Thermal Management Controller (rev 04)

01:00.0 RAID bus controller: Areca Technology Corp. Device 1214 (rev b3)

02:00.0 PCI bridge: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30)

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)

user@debian:~$ lspci -nn


00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Haswell DRAM Controller [8086:0c08] (rev 06)

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Haswell PCI Express x16 Controller [8086:0c01] (rev 06)

00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:8c31] (rev 04)

00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM [8086:153a] (rev 04)

00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:8c2d] (rev 04)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:8c10] (rev d4)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #2 [8086:8c12] (rev d4)

00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:8c26] (rev 04)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point LPC Controller [8086:8c52] (rev 04)

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:8c02] (rev 04)

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point SMBus Controller [8086:8c22] (rev 04)

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Lynx Point Thermal Management Controller [8086:8c24] (rev 04)

01:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Areca Technology Corp. Device [17d3:1214] (rev b3)

02:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge [1a03:1150] (rev 03)

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family [1a03:2000] (rev 30)

04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1533] (rev 03)
This is the result, i suspect it is using ARC 1214.What do i need to do next?

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Old 05-14-2014, 03:49 AM   #15
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Hi,

lspci uses a datebase to map between IDs and actual device names/descriptions. It looks like the database on your live system does not know what the device actually is. Can you try running lspci with the -Q (to query an external database) option?

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