[DC LoCo] nopat

[Kenneth Stailey]

--- On Mon, 10/11/10, Kenneth Stailey <kstailey at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Kenneth Stailey <kstailey at yahoo.com>
> Subject: nopat
> To: ubuntu-us-dc at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:29 AM
> I have one of these at work:
> 
> $ echo `sudo dmidecode -s system-manufacturer ; sudo
> dmidecode -s system-product-name`
> HP ProLiant DL145 G2
> 
> $ lsb_release -ds
> Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
> 
> $ uname -srvm
> Linux 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27
> UTC 2010 x86_64
> 
> It absolutely requires nopat to function.
> 
> $ grep nopat /etc/default/grub 
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,9600n8 console=tty0
> nomodeset noacpi nosplash nofb iommu=soft swiotlb=131072
> nopat"
> 
> It also required the "proposed" kernel until that kernel
> was semi-recently released.
> 
> Before I upgraded (shoehorned?) it to Lucid it was running
> Intrepid without any special kernel options.
> 
> I know it's not anyone's fault in particular but things are
> getting rougher for old equipment.  Wasn't supporting
> older systems supposed to be a "selling point" for Linux in
> general?
> 
> 

I didn't actually upgrade it from Intrepid.  I used rdiff-backup to do a quick D2D backup of the essentially user data and then installed from bare metal.

The box is used for software development of a "widdle" (WDL) web site:

http://www.wdl.org/en/