[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS on Xeon ?

[Denis Cheong]

amd64 refers to the instruction set, not the CPU brand (64-bit x86 was
originally introduced by AMD and then copied by Intel, hence it is called
amd64).  The E5405 is 64-bit capable, and the X2250 is supported by
OpenSolaris and Solaris 10, so it should work without any issues (going
back to 32 bit is not the answer).

I would check -
1. 64-bit support being enabled in BIOS
2. Reset BIOS to default configuration
3. Remove any weird devices
4. Startup with verbose kernel option
5. Try booting with OpenSolaris / Solaris 10 to ensure it's not a separate
hardware issue (memory, etc.).

I have my system running on a Xeon E5-2603 with few problems (Solaris 11
does not boot on this machine due to unsupported chipset) and many others
also use Xeon processors with no issues.

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Michael Mounteney
<michael at landcroft.co.uk>wrote:

> Tried to boot the CD on a Sun X2250 (Intel Xeon E5405), panicked when
> detecting devices at boot time.
>
> No surprises there --- the grub boot command has kernel ..../amd64/unix
>
> It's easy to search the CD and find another kernel, but it's 32 bit and
> there does not appear to be a boot_archive module for it.
>
> So ... is OmniOS supposed to boot on Xeon ?
>
> Michael.
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