On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 12:48 -0300, Claudinei Matos wrote: > Actually I did installed gentoo at one dual Xeon 3.0 but I did > installed with p4 support instead of ia64 since I can't boot a ia64 > livecd to begin gentoo install.
The Xeon's were more than likely 'EMT64' which is Intel's implementation of x86_64 -- as I'm not aware of any Dell server shipping with an Itanium. The AMD64 Gentoo LiveCD would have worked. IA64 and x86_64 are _very_ different architectures. ./JRH > I've looked for a livecd for ia64 architeture but I didn't found, so > I've tryed to use the amd64 livecd (I read in some places it could > work) and it boot up but I can't chroot into the ia64 stage1 > directory :/ > So I think you could use one previous debian for ia64 installation for > begin gentoo install if you have time to do it. I didn't 'cause I had > to put the machine to work quickly. > By the way, the server is really fine, without any problem, and I > thinking to upgrade it to ia64 as soon as I order another server. > About the onboard devices, if you are using a SE7520BD2 from Intel you > may just have to compile LSI Pro Logic driver into the kernel and > boot-up without initrd or put these modules into the initrd if you > want initrd 'cause genkernel doesn't doit by default. > > Cheers to ia64 architeture, let me know if you able to do it. > > Claudinei Matos > > On 5/4/05, Marcus Assion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Gentoo-Server list, > > > > I'm a student working at the University > > in Darmstadt, Germany. My task there is > > to build the new server environment. > > > > We get good prices from Dell, so what I > > want to ask, has anyone intstalled > > gentoo on Dell servers, especially with > > dual 64bit Intel Xeon CPUs, are there > > any obstacles, what about the onboard > > components, any trouble to install > > gentoo? > > > > Or would you recommend other hardware? > > > > Thanks a lot for your help in advance. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > M.Assion > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > > > -- [email protected] mailing list
