[mdlug] ECC errors Ubuntu Server 14.04

[Gregory Czerniak]

Hi Pat,

    Try disabling "Quick Boot" in the BIOS and then turning the
machine off and back on again (don't just do a soft reset -- I know
this sounds weird but I've seen this with my own eyes).  Sometimes
problems like these are caused by old motherboard BIOS bugs where they
didn't properly initialize their memory at startup when using Quick
Boot (see http://buttersideup.com/edacwiki/Uninitialized_ECC_bits ).

Thanks,
Greg Czerniak

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Gmail-otakurider <otakurider at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a old HP Proliant 530 ML server machine, I am trying to put
> Ubuntu Server 14.04 on it.  Ubuntu installs fine initially
> but after reboot from the install it kicks out line after line of ECC
> errors during the boot sequence and after it has booted to the log in
> prompt.
>
> I have done the HP check and it says the memory is fine, did a install
> of windows 2008 server and Windows 7 and no ECC errors.  For a test I
> did a Ubuntu install on a different HP 530 ML that is currently running
> VMWare ESXi and get the same set of errors.  Is there a boot switch to
> ignore ECC error correcting with Ubuntu Server?.   I did some checking
> and did not see a bios way to disable any errors.
>
> I have not had a chance to try Fedora or Debian to see if I get same
> errors yet.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Pat.
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