Ubuntu 64bits on PowerEdge 1750

[Alexandre Westfahl]

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=27275&processor=&spec-codes=SL6GG,SL6NS,SL6VN,SL6YQ,SL72F,SL73N

it seems to be this one, instruction set is 32bits (but pci ports of the PE
are 64bits!). Do you think it will support PAE?

2009/8/28 Alexandre Westfahl <awestfahl at gmail.com>

> 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 objective to create a virtualization server.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
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> 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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