Re: Chipset Fujitsu Scaleo Pa A64 35+ PCs
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Benno Overeinder wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Mattias Wadenstein wrote:
Or you could probably have gotten away with an ubuntu dapper flight-2 or
later iso. I did for my esprimo when testing, even if I run a kernel.org
kernel now, netboot means not having to worry about whatever distributions
ship. Current etch seems also to be at 2.6.15.
I found DapperFlight3 on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperFlight3 (ISO images).
As I understand, the linux kernel on these ISO images do contain a patch
necessary to recognise the SiS761 chipset SATA driver? Regarding the netboot
(please excuse my ignorance), I have to set up a tftp server and configure
PXE netbooting?
Well, the patch was included in 2.6.15, so anything new enough to be based
on 2.6.15 should be good enough.
I am currently running etch and checked the current 2.6 kernel,
but I find 2.6.12-10 (on my current PC kernel 2.4.27-2, the hardware does not
go well with the new 2.6 kernel...!?).
I just checked the install CDs and they listed 2.6.15-1 as the install
kernel, which is the relevant bit.
Have you checked the data sheet from fujitsu? At least for the esprimo
(which is the machine I care about) they do list chipset in the
documentaiton.
I have checked the Dutch and German (and I think the French) website of
Fujitsu Siemens, but apart of giving information about processor type, memory
and disk size, number of USB and Firewire plugs, and graphics card, they do
not give any information on the used chipset (or motherboard details). Did
you find the chipset information online or in the printed documentation
accompanying the computer?
Online, the datasheet linked from here:
http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/sme/products/deskbound/personal_computers/esprimo_p_series.html
Apparenly they don't seem to care as much about this for "home use" pcs.
They don't seem to list noise figures either. Is the Scaleo P much cheaper
than an Esprimo P to motivate such lack of documentation?
/Mattias Wadenstein
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