Re: Booting Tyan S2882 Dual Opteron on FC3

[Brian Chase <networkr0@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You should get the 64-bit version of Linux to work.  I have loaded the following OS's that are 64 bit successfully on my S2882:

• FC2 x86-64
  
• FC3 x86-64
• Mandrake 10.0 Official
• NetBSD

There is no apparent reason that FC x86-64 would not work from the information given.  Might I suggest including the exact error you get when you try to install FC3 x86-64.  Perhaps someone on the list can offer you more help if you put some detail.

Happy Thanksgiving....

hayward-redhat@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Ok, further testing turning of the BIOS sata support shows it isn't
the sata_sil driver since it still locks up.  The media is fine and
the hardware is operable.  I can install SuSE 9.0 on the box and it
works pretty well and is what I've been using for the last year.  FC3
locks up when it hits /sbin/loader, my thinking now is maybe due to a
problem with the ATAPI cd-rom driver since I notice io errors on hdb
(my cd-rom) with the FC3 boot kernel.  Similar problems with FC1 and
FC2 boot kernels.  I've never been able to get FC for x86_64 to even
install.  Any ideas?

- Mike

  

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• Subject: Re: sata_sil driver
• From: Brian Chase <networkr0@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:53:52 -0500
• In-reply-to: <200411251600.iAPG0r209316@flux.loup.net>
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I just bought a Tyan Thunder S2882 ( the one with on board SCSI )

I use a 3Ware 8506-4LP and have zero problems loading Fedora Core 3 x86-64 on it.

Pretty sure it's the Silicon Image that's holding you up, but mine works fine.

I'd be less confident after any BIOS upgrade than working with a board in factory state.

hayward-redhat@xxxxxxxx wrote:

I bought three tyan thunder S2882 dual opteron server motherboards
nearly a year ago and have had no luck booting hardly any distribution
I try.  I got SuSE 8.0 working about a year ago but SATA support is
nearly non-existent.  Thought I'd try FC3 since it's been another
year, but it locks up after the kernel has loaded and it says it's
loading the sata_sil driver which is probably compiled as a module.
I'm not sure how to stop the driver from loading, but I don't think
the kernel is doing it automatically.  I'm fairly confident it's the
problem; the system locks up hard and only a hard reset will get it
going again.  I have upgraded to Tyan's most recent bios with upgrades
for the Sil3114 and tried rescue and noprobe, etc. but all of them try
loading the sata_sil driver and so lock up.  I do want to use the
Sil3114 SATA chipset, which is why I bought the machines and a bunch
of SATA drives but still no luck.

Is anyone else getting FC3 working on Tyan SATA motherboards?  The
Tyan site claims Redhat Enterprise is working on the motherboards, so
there must be significant installer boot differences between RHAT and
FC3?

- Mike

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