Ubuntu 18.04 on (Really) Old HP Proliant

Tue Dec 10 15:48:03 MST 2019

weird. I currently have no issues with networking. and technically it is
not an emulation layer. It is supposed to be an api set or something that
runs a Linux kernel under windows natively.

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 2:42 PM Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:

> Last time I tried WSL was with getting this laptop a few years ago.  As a
> network guy, I sort of just sat there stunned that the frigging thing
> couldn't network.  Why the hell would you make a linux emulation layer that
> couldn't network?  Is this still Ballmer-hate?
>
> What the hell is good in this day and age without networking?  I don't see
> how they even shipped it as a thing without network support.
>
> This and other major things like I said visual lag in the gui, with
> up-to-date os, drivers, etc shipped from dell, was utter shite, and just
> angered me.  It was graphically unusable to me.  I gave windoze a solid 2
> weeks as a trial, just to see, and it was garbage to try and be
> productive.  It really didn't like when I was layer on VM's in vbox, which
> usually I have 5-8 vm's at a time running in my main system, and it fell
> apart.
>
> People ask why I bother with linux.  Because windoze can't do the things I
> do in linux, like run 10 vm's of different os's and still game on steam.
> I've ran linux on a desktop as my main rig since 2006, as well as dealing
> with entirely windoze enterprise worlds, so I like to think I have some
> knowledge of this.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:44 AM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> well microsoft has made good improvements with WSL and you can do some
>> neat things like that
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:27 AM Michael Butash <michael at butash.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Upgrading to 18.04 broke like everything for me (kde, wm, graphics
>>> drivers), it's what single-handedly drove me to arch, so ymmv.
>>>
>>> My experience with arch hasn't been much better of late, so take it for
>>> what you will.  Arch updates blew up my desktop, and my laptop I'm afraid
>>> to reboot as my last working device.  If I didn't hate windoze so much, I
>>> might actually try it again, but it's performance on my xps15 was absolute
>>> shite with the 4k display.  Like mouse lag randomly just to screw with me
>>> and slow down everything working.
>>>
>>> -mb
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:13 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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 <mr.thomas.scott at gmail.com>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://about.me/thomas.scott?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=edit_panel&utm_content=thumb>
>>>>> Thomas Scott
>>>>> about.me/thomas.scott
>>>>> <https://about.me/thomas.scott?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=edit_panel&utm_content=thumb>
>>>>> <http://about.me/thomas.scott>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:47 PM Todd Cole <toddc at azloco.com> 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 <
>>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> 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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>>
>> Stephen
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