On 11/11/10 16:39, Toralf Lund wrote: > RedShift wrote: >> On 11/11/10 16:25, Toralf Lund wrote: >> >>> RedShift wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/11/10 14:22, Toralf Lund wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I'm trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a couple of servers of type IBM >>>>> System x3550 M3, but it's not going too well. Actually, the install >>>>> setup phase runs as expected, and the actual installation also appears >>>>> to be successful, but the system will not boot [ ... ] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Make sure all the firmware is up to date. I've had an IBM x3550 M3 and it couldn't even boot a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit CD with the firmware it shipped with. >>>> >>>> >>> That seems like a useful tip, but do you know what exactly I need to >>> install and where to find it? I'm looking at an IBM download page right >>> now, but it's a little confusing - I can't seem to find anything that >>> it's obviously the *system* firmware, only entries like "Firmware for >>> Rack& Tower LCD UPS" and " Firmware for Local Console Manager". >>> >>> - Toralf >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> What's the model and type? It should be xxxx-yyy where x can be 0-9 and y can be 0-9& A-z. You can find it on the front of the chassis. >> > It's 7944-K1G > > I've selected 7944 along with "System x" and "System x3550 M3" at > http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/, but like I said, couldn't > find anything obvious. > > - Toralf > Search for UEFI firmware. Those IBM servers don't have a classic BIOS anymore, they are EFI based. I looked it up following your model/type and found the updates. http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/quickorder?parent=ibm/Systemx3550M3&product=ibm/systemx/7944&&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=ibm_fw_uefi_d6e149a_linux_32-64&source=fc