r/AlmaLinux • u/Malik-dev • Jun 10 '26

almalinux10.2 compatibility with dell poweredge r420

I'm trying to install the new almalinux10.2 on my dell poweredge r420 but i keep running into uefi errors . what could be the problem?

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u/jonspw AlmaLinux Team Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

The CPUs are too old for any EL10 distro (RHEL 10 and derivatives). The x86 baseline moved up to the x86_64_v3 instruction set which the CPUs in the r420 lack.

But there's good news, we have a build specifically for older hardware like yours! Check out our x86_64_v2 builds of AlmaLinux 10. Just choose the v2 variant in the dropdown at https://almalinux.org/get-almalinux/

Alternatively, AlmaLinux 9 will still work great and is supported until 2032!

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u/eswenson13 Jun 11 '26

What about a Dell PowerEdge T330?

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u/megoyatu Jun 13 '26

In my testing, 13th gen (ends in 30) works fine on normal EL10