PowerEdge R710 + Ubuntu 8.04

[Seth Mos]

> Jason Carr wrote, On 06/08/2009 03:32 PM:
>> I'm having problems booting off of the official Ubuntu 8.04 x86-64 media
>> on a new R710.  While booting, I get the following error: "cannot find a
>> valid memory map" and early panics.


Upgrade the bios to 1.1.4 on the R710 and Debian 5.0 amd64 boots.

Regards,

Seth

>
> Jason,
>
> We had e820 memory map probe issues on R610 units with the initial release
> BIOS on Debian Lenny.  With the BIOS update released a week or so ago,
> Dell recognized and fixed that issue.  Whether the R710 has a similar BIOS
> update or not, i leave for you to check, as i don't yet have any R710's
> deployed.
>
> Please post back if this solution works.  You'll possibly also need
> to load the bnx2 firmware (non-free) unless Ubuntu includes that
> (Debian doesn't by default)
>
> --stephen
>
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