> I've been attempting to install OS2008.05 on a Dell Poweredge 2650.
>
> Hardware:
> Dell Poweredge 260
> 2 x Single Core Xeon 2.8GHZ @ 533mhz FSB
...
> WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci-ide at f,1/ide at 0 (ata0):
> timeout: abort request, target=0 lun=0
Could be yet another case of 6657646. Try to boot
the kernel with all but the boot cpu disabled, by setting
the kernel variable use_mp=0:
- boot under kmdb (add -kd to the unix line in the grub menu)
- when stopping in the debugger:
> use_mp/W0 (disable all but one CPU)
use_mp: 0x1 = 0x0
> :c
You may have to use the same workaround when you boot
the installed system from HDD. If the workaround is needed
for the installed system, an alternate workaround is
to remove or rename the directory /platform/i86pc/ucode .
When the kernel is unable to "see" the cpu microcode update
files it shouldn't hang any more when bootstrapping the non
boot cpus...
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