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Dell R240 - Install

Has anyone install UTM Software on a Dell R240?

Can't seem to get past 3.6sec of boot during pci setup.

Using asg-9.705-3 iso.

I'm an old school server guy and this thing has got all this enterprise management who-ha and graphic bios setup. Lifecycle Controller... really!? (but I digress)

I can boot proxmox install iso, Ubuntu 20.04 install iso, but UTM iso hangs while setuping up the pci. Same result when I try to install from usb stick or burned DVD.

Not sure where to start.

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Pedulla over 3 years ago +1 verified

Solution!!!! This is a bios setting in the Processor section. x2APIC Mode needs to be disabled. Thanks Amodin for the direction. Hope this is useful for someone else down the road.

0 Pedulla over 3 years ago

I'll add a 3rd boot method (usb, cd) virtual device used through the iDRAC console.

Same result. Here's a screen shot.

So I've tried it with raid setup, w/o raid, w or w/o 4GB or ram limit.
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0 Amodin over 3 years ago in reply to Pedulla

You might have to update the firmware for the board to get it to work.

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0 Pedulla over 3 years ago in reply to Amodin

It's brand new and I just assumed Dell would have the most up to date installed. I explicitly checked each: bios, backplane, raid controller... They're all latest.

Thanks
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0 Amodin over 3 years ago in reply to Pedulla

I think the issue is that line in your screenshot that has the [Firmware Bug] in it. If I remember correctly (been a while) that's Linux warning you that the BIOS is doing something its not supposed to be doing. You might have to do some configuration in the BIOS to get this to work. It sucks I know, but you might have to get Dell support involved at some point (I hate talking to them).

Did you try loading XG as well to see if that throws out the same error?

Only other thing I can think of is the hardware not being supported if you can't get anything changed in the BIOS to make it work. I use SuperMicro for my UTM or just custom built servers in the past, and steered away from Dell in recent years.

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0 Pedulla over 3 years ago in reply to Amodin
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0 Pedulla over 3 years ago

Just for grins I tried XG. It just circular reboots. Tried LinuxMint 20-edge and it boots to live desktop just fine.
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+1 Pedulla over 3 years ago

Solution!!!!

This is a bios setting in the Processor section.

x2APIC Mode needs to be disabled.

Thanks Amodin for the direction. Hope this is useful for someone else down the road.
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0 Pedulla over 3 years ago in reply to Pedulla

Interesting bit of info. After the install, I turned it back on and it boots fine.
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