Re: Ubuntu 18.04 on (Really) Old HP Proliant

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Author: Stephen Partington
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu 18.04 on (Really) Old HP Proliant
It is most definitely 64 bit. I had 64 bit 16.04 running like a champ until
the 18.04 upgrade was done.

It also ran vmware 6.7 well also.

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 9:02 PM Thomas Scott <> wrote:

> I know I had a legacy install on a Proliant I supported that was installed
> upside down and burnt out it's drives after a few years (surprised it
> lasted that long). When I came on-site to reinstall it, I tried to install
> 16.04 since I already had the install media on me, I couldn't as it had
> issues with the RAID array controller. I had to roll back to 14.04 and then
> upgrade it to maintain compatibility. I had a similar issue with CentOS6/7
> a bout a year ago as well, also on HP servers. In my experience, both times
> it was the RAID controller.
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> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:47 PM Todd Cole <> wrote:
>
>> I suspect it may be 32Bit computer but it should give you a i386 hardware
>> error during installation.
>> while 18.04 is only 64 bit you can use the net install at
>> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/bionic/
>> it has a community supported 32 bit version available
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 12:24 PM Stephen Partington <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have an older Proliant server I am trying to make use of at home. The
>>> hardware is fully functional, and aside from needing some spare drive
>>> sleds, It is ready to go.
>>>
>>> However, I cannot run 18.04 on the server and I suspect it is related to
>>> changes in the kernel and I am trying to map those.
>>>
>>> The Architecture is Dual Opteron quad-core Processors and DDR2 ECC
>>> Registered memory. I think it is a DL 365 Gen 1 (would have to look to make
>>> sure)
>>>
>>> Does anyone have thoughts on how I could gracefully get this hardware to
>>> a current kernel?
>>>
>>> --
>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>>
>>> Stephen
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