Re: HP Z420 setup with Debian 13.4?

From	Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: HP Z420 setup with Debian 13.4?
Date	2026-04-26 07:10 +0200
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 3:49 PM Antti-Pekka Känsälä <
antti.pekka.kansala@pm.me> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> So far, I just did a quick fresh reinstall from a USB netinst stick, on my
> newly acquired second-hand HP Z420, without even looking at what "operating
> system" or "other data" may have been there.
>
> Any help you could point me to?
>
> Kind regards,
> Antti-Pekka Känsälä
> Finland
> (Regrettably too passive a contributor, active user since around Debian 3,
> some skills.)
>
> Additional info:
> Intel Xeon E5-1603 @ 2.80 GHz, looking forward to upgrade and seriously
> cool!
> 2 x 4 GB ECC DDR3, one bank has fan cooling attempt
> 512 GB SATA SSD, upgrade to newer technology?
> 512 GB SATA 3.5" HDD, replace with two bigger ones in UEFI RAID
> configuration?
> PSU 600 W Gold 90 % Active Power Factor Control
> NVIDIA Quadro K600, currently crashes slightly (nouveau) during boot, but
> "works"
> BIOS update + about 3 firmware updates downloaded from HP, under
> consideration
> RJ-45 use only, currently unpowered, unplugged
>

How are you connected to the internet? I imagine you are using WiFi and it
is just not in this list... If you are going to do a net install then you
must have internet access.


>
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