On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras < ghostba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mark Quitoriano wrote: > > anyone tried to install debian on xserve? what architecture do i need to > > use? x86_64? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mark Quitoriano > > http://asterisk.org.ph > > > > Fan the flame... > > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441 > > <http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441> > According to [1] there seems to be an issue because XServe's running EFI > instead of a BIOS actually. But seems is only an issue with x86_64, so > if it's a Intel Core 2 Duo you can run i386 there which seems to have > EFI support enabled. > > [1] > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=121061&sid=ccc77e165b7101b9d0ad2d52371e1204 > > Howdy, Some time has passed. I google and don't see much newer than this about the progress with booting with EFI. I see one reference to something making it into the newer kernels. Has this made it into an installer and is there a grub/lilo boot loader which will work on the Apple-Intel Xserve? Ours is Xeon 64 bit, so no chance on the i386 solution. Also we have a nice XServe RAID storage system with it - given to us by a department which is finished with it or unable to use it. I wonder if the HBA (looks like near line SAS connections) will be supported in Linux kernel. Regards, --Donald
