Live boot Debian to setup LSI RAID Card via MegaRAID Storage Manager

First off grab the debian live boot CD. I used debian-live-7.0.0-i386-standard.iso for this example.
Pop the CD in the drive, mount via IPMI KVM usb or however you would like to boot the cd/iso.

Once booted into the live environment NON GUI if you have DHCP setup your live environment should have an IP assigned to it.
I do my configuration via IPMI, so it's a PITA using the remote console so I ssh in to do the configuration from the comforts of my desktop.

Add a password for root.
sudo su
passwd root


Login via ssh as root.

Download the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager bundle I'm using 13.01.04.00_Linux_x86_MSM.tar.gz

You will need some additional tools to get the LSI MegaRAID storage manger installed.
apt-get install alien
cd ~
wget http://SOMEWHERE/13.01.04.00_Linux_x86_MSM.tar.gz
tar zxvf 13.01.04.00_Linux_x86_MSM.tar.gz
cd disk
alien --scripts *.rpm
dpkg --install lib-utils2_1.00-3_all.deb
dpkg --install megaraid-storage-manager_13.01.04-1_all.deb

At this point you will get a bunch of errors but the MSM has started enough for you to use a remote MSM to setup your disks and the like.
Then reboot your server and install whatever OS you intended to install.



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