Hey AnandTech forums,
I recently bought a used Supermicro server and I am trying to have it running at home but I am having issues with the os (ubuntu server) setup.
It is mainly going to be used as a file server (samba) and media streaming box (PS3mediaserver). And I'd like to run a web/ftp server at some point to host my personnal website.
Here are the box's specs:
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon 5335e
RAM: 16Gb 333mhz (16x1)
MB: Supermicro X7DBE+
Raid card: 3ware 9650se-8lpml
OS HDD: 1Tb seagate certified repair
PSU: 850W (redundant)
I am using a PS2 keyboard.
At first I had installed LinuxMint with KDE to check if the machine worked properly. And it did. I then decided to install Ubuntu Server 14.04.1. First issue showed up during the install process, Ubuntu Server didn't find the network adapter, I got "No networks interfaces detected". I continued the install process anyway. Everithing was installed on the 1TB hdd listed above. I used "Guided - Use entire disk and setup LVM" and installed GRUB.
The second issue I encountered was the boot hanging at "Adding swap" line. Simillar to this:
http://serverfault.com/questions/546079/ubuntu-server-hanging-on-adding-swap
I tried the fixes suggested on this forum, nothing worked.
I then tried to install 10.04 LTS instead. It still did pickup the network adapter. But this time at boot it just showed a blinking white ticker and I couldn't type anything.
Any help is appreciated. Let me know if you need more info!
Thanks in advance for your help!
I recently bought a used Supermicro server and I am trying to have it running at home but I am having issues with the os (ubuntu server) setup.
It is mainly going to be used as a file server (samba) and media streaming box (PS3mediaserver). And I'd like to run a web/ftp server at some point to host my personnal website.
Here are the box's specs:
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon 5335e
RAM: 16Gb 333mhz (16x1)
MB: Supermicro X7DBE+
Raid card: 3ware 9650se-8lpml
OS HDD: 1Tb seagate certified repair
PSU: 850W (redundant)
I am using a PS2 keyboard.
At first I had installed LinuxMint with KDE to check if the machine worked properly. And it did. I then decided to install Ubuntu Server 14.04.1. First issue showed up during the install process, Ubuntu Server didn't find the network adapter, I got "No networks interfaces detected". I continued the install process anyway. Everithing was installed on the 1TB hdd listed above. I used "Guided - Use entire disk and setup LVM" and installed GRUB.
The second issue I encountered was the boot hanging at "Adding swap" line. Simillar to this:
http://serverfault.com/questions/546079/ubuntu-server-hanging-on-adding-swap
I tried the fixes suggested on this forum, nothing worked.
I then tried to install 10.04 LTS instead. It still did pickup the network adapter. But this time at boot it just showed a blinking white ticker and I couldn't type anything.
Any help is appreciated. Let me know if you need more info!
Thanks in advance for your help!
