Matthew Geier
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Re: Neutrino Lite on Dell Optiplex 755
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Matthew Geier
02/26/2008 7:26 PM
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Re: Neutrino Lite on Dell Optiplex 755
> It could be an issue with an unsupported chipset of drive configuration. Are
> you using RAID? If you are, you could try installing with RAID disabled.
Not using RAID, but by default the BIOS has the controller in 'auto AHCI' mode. Setting it to 'legacy' doesn't seem to
help.
> I had a quick look at the dell.com site and I couldn't see where they specify
> motherboard chipsets. Neutrino x86 will not necessarily install on the latest
> hardware.
Looking at lspci under Linux, it's 'ICH9 family'
82Q35 host bridge
82566DM-2 NIC
82801I USB
82801IR SATA
Presumably since Neutrino locks solid before even scanning for hardware, it doesn't like the host bridge. The BIOS on
the 755 presumably sets the host bridge up in a way that isn't 'legacy' compatible.
Dell recently release a BIOS update for the 755 that 'improves Linux compatibility', Something to do with '64bit BAR's
I think. Only bit if the machines had 4GB or more RAM. Mine only have 1GB.
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