Re: AMD64

[Karl Schmidt <karl@xtronics.com>]

Jo Shields wrote:
> Karl Schmidt wrote:
>
> > I'm working at getting a Tyan S2877 board up and going using the 
> > net-install-cd
> > of unofficial sarge  AMD64.
> >
> > Several problems - first it would not recognize my SATA CD/DVD plextor 
> > drive (px-755SA) - not a big deal - so I put in an older IDE drive for 
> > now.
> >
> > Next, it sees the broadcom Network chips - but they fail to work.
> >
> > After setting up a raid configuration it fails to boot.
> >
> > I'm wondering if I should just give up on Sarge or work these out one 
> > at a time?
> >
> > This board has:
> >
> > dual Processors
> >  • Supports two AMD Opteron™ 2xx processors
> >      Two onboard 4-phase VRMs
> >  • µPGA 940-pin socket
> >
> > Chipset
> >  • nVIDIA CrushK8-04 Professional
> >  • Winbond W83627HF Super I/O
> >  • Analog Devices (1) ADT7468 Hardware Monitoring
> >
> >
> > Integrated LAN Controllers
> >  • One Broadcom BCM5705 GbE LAN (G2NR)
> >     - One RJ-45 LAN connector with LEDs
> >  • One Marvell 88E1111 GbE PHY
> >     - One RJ-45 LAN connectors with LEDs
>
>
>
> I see no RAID hardware in the above. are you trying to configure MD?

Yes - I'm using software raid - MD




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