Ubuntu 64bits on PowerEdge 1750

[Alexandre Westfahl]

hum ok I will try.

I only have 2GB for now and will ask my school 8GB more once I'm sure. Does
PAE works with xen? It's my objectuve to create a virtualization server.

Thanks!!



2009/8/28 Fred Roller <froller at tnclimited.com>

> On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 14:19 +0200, Alexandre Westfahl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got a PowerEdge 1750 (bi-Xeon 2.8GHz), it can take up to
> > 8GBytes of memory.
> > Due to 32bits limitation, that means it can take a 64bits system
> > right?
> > So why can't I install Ubuntu 64?
> > It says something like "no amd64 found, you have a i1586" (note the
> > "1586" which written instead of 586 I guess).
> > I know this is an Intel and not amd architecture but I'm suppose to be
> > able to use my 8GB of memory with an 64bits system, isn't it?
> >
> > Has anyone got a similar problem?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alex
> >
>
> It doesn't appear to be a 64bit processor.  Have you tried using ubuntu
> server with pae kernel.  (pae = physical addressing extension, i
> believe)  The pae will allow you to see upto 64 Gb of RAM.  I beleive
> Ubunutu Server has PAE be default.
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