CentOS - Jul 2019 - [EXTERNAL] Re: Install of CentOS 7.6 On Dell PowerEdge R830 Hangs

All,

Seems like the latest CentOS 7.6 and I are not playing well together, these
days.

I'm attempting to use our pxeboot setup to install the latest CentOS 7 on a
Dell PowerEdge R830. The install starts then gets to a certain point and
hangs. That certain point is: FADT indicates ASPM is unsupported, using BIOS
configuration

Now I've tried to see where the Active Server Power Management setting is in
the BIOS, but
have had no luck whatsoever. Any thoughts or ideas??

Thanks.

PEV

Virgo, Paul E. \(GSFC-610.2\)\[ADNET SYSTEMS INC\] via CentOS
wrote:
> All,
>
> Seems like the latest CentOS 7.6 and I are not playing well together,
> these days.
>
> I'm attempting to use our pxeboot setup to install the latest CentOS 7
on
> a Dell PowerEdge R830. The install starts then gets to a certain point and
>  hangs. That certain point is: FADT indicates ASPM is unsupported, using
> BIOS configuration
>
>
> Now I've tried to see where the Active Server Power Management setting
is
> in the BIOS, but have had no luck whatsoever. Any thoughts or ideas??
>
Not that I'm enamored of it, but why BIOS and not UEFI? Dell's running
newer m/b that like UEFI over BIOS.

Also, have you looked in the BIOS to see what those settings are?

     mark

Mark,

I did go into the BIOS to see if that made any difference, and didn't see
anything to set/unset . That was the problem.

PEV

________________________________
From: mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us>
Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 10:41 AM
To: Virgo, Paul E. (GSFC-610.2)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]; CentOS mailing list
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [CentOS] Install of CentOS 7.6 On Dell PowerEdge R830
Hangs

Virgo, Paul E. \(GSFC-610.2\)\[ADNET SYSTEMS INC\] via CentOS
wrote:
> All,
>
> Seems like the latest CentOS 7.6 and I are not playing well together,
> these days.
>
> I'm attempting to use our pxeboot setup to install the latest CentOS 7
on
> a Dell PowerEdge R830. The install starts then gets to a certain point and
>  hangs. That certain point is: FADT indicates ASPM is unsupported, using
> BIOS configuration
>
>
> Now I've tried to see where the Active Server Power Management setting
is
> in the BIOS, but have had no luck whatsoever. Any thoughts or ideas??
>
Not that I'm enamored of it, but why BIOS and not UEFI? Dell's running
newer m/b that like UEFI over BIOS.

Also, have you looked in the BIOS to see what those settings are?

     mark

James,

Actually we noticed that we've been running some old setup for our PXE
boot/kickstart setup, so we're going to try just doing
it with UEFI and see where that gets us.

PEV

________________________________
From: James Peltier <james_peltier at sfu.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 10:47 AM
To: Virgo, Paul E. (GSFC-610.2)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]; CentOS mailing list
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [CentOS] Install of CentOS 7.6 On Dell PowerEdge R830
Hangs


________________________________________
From: CentOS <centos-bounces at centos.org> on behalf of mark <m.roth
at 5-cent.us>
Sent: July 3, 2019 7:41 AM
To: Virgo, Paul E. (GSFC-610.2)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC]; CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install of CentOS 7.6 On Dell PowerEdge R830 Hangs

Virgo, Paul E. \(GSFC-610.2\)\[ADNET SYSTEMS INC\] via CentOS
wrote:
> All,
>
> Seems like the latest CentOS 7.6 and I are not playing well together,
> these days.
>
> I'm attempting to use our pxeboot setup to install the latest CentOS 7
on
> a Dell PowerEdge R830. The install starts then gets to a certain point and
>  hangs. That certain point is: FADT indicates ASPM is unsupported, using
> BIOS configuration
>
>
> Now I've tried to see where the Active Server Power Management setting
is
> in the BIOS, but have had no luck whatsoever. Any thoughts or ideas??
>
Not that I'm enamored of it, but why BIOS and not UEFI? Dell's running
newer m/b that like UEFI over BIOS.

Also, have you looked in the BIOS to see what those settings are?

     mark


Try updating the BIOS/UEFI image first.  Dell has been notorious for requiring
BIOS updates for things like video cards and microprocessor code updates.  You
may have to install a newer BIOS before you can get the OS on.