RHEL 4 AS 64-bit and AMD Opteron 250 - issue whilst installing

[Rick Stevens]

On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 12:55 +0100, Thronicke, Klaus-Peter wrote:
> Tried to install  RHEL 4 AS   64-bit   on a system with  2   AMD
> Opteron 250 CPUs  without success.
> 
> Whilst installing, shortly after loading the SATA-driver a get a
> kernel panic
> 
> Pci: high address but no iomu
> 
> 
> Installing  RHEL 4 AS  32-bit  on the same system works fine.
> 
> Installing RHEL 4 AS 64-bit  on a similar  system, but  with  2 AMD
> Opteron 248 CPUs  worked also well.
> 
> Any advice is welcome

That sounds like a BIOS issue on your motherboard, Klaus.  Make sure
the Opteron 250 board has the latest version of the BIOS installed.

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