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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    Here's the details on my machine ... American Megatrends Enterprise64 BIOS 12/08/2003 10:06:38 ... (then successfully completes POST) ... LSI Logic Corp, MPT BIOS MPT-BIOS 5.07.00 ... (then successfully scans SCSI bus and identifies drives) ... EFI version 1.10 [14.61]...
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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    Well, Windows 2008 Server is being very problematic... I haven't gotten around yet to trying Windows, but I may push this up since you are giving it a shot. I will try Windows Server 2003 first to eliminate the possibility that the 2008 version may be flakey due to its "newness" and may not...
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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    I have a SIIG "active" PS2 to USB adaptor that connects PS2 keyboard and PS2 mouse into one of the four USB inputs in the back of the server... The USB-PS/2 dongle which seems to work consistently for me is called the "Y-Mouse" which is manufactured by PI Engineering. I later switched to a...
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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    During the startup sequence, my Celestica IYA210 frequently hangs after the EFI firmware banner and Broadcom NIC announcement, but before (the second NIC announcement? and) the EFI file systems and boot options menu. Generally, I found if something wasn't terminated (SCSI connectors) or...
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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    I bought a 80 pin SCSI hard drive plugged in, but the SCSI setup utility cannot detect it, do I need to set SCSI terminator? It seems there is no place to set it. Does anyone use 80 pin SCSI drive too? I had the same issue until I put SCSI terminators on the two external SCSI connectors on...
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    CentOS + itanium 2 + EFI = ARGH

    I bought one of these a few weeks ago and just got around to getting it working with CentOS 4.6. I installed an HP 36.4 U160 SCSI drive. The server was finicky about booting until I figured out a few things: 1. SCSI Terminators - The server would take a long time to go through the startup...