AMBER Archive (2002)

Subject: RE: Dual AMD motherboards

From: Greaves, Greg (Contractor-SIMTECH) (Greg.Greaves_at_rdec.redstone.army.mil)
Date: Fri Jul 12 2002 - 10:33:54 CDT

Hello,

I am having similar problems to what you have been discussing below. Have
you found anything out about possible fixes ?

Thanks
Greg Greaves
Huntsville, AL

Hi Eugene,
I initially had a 1.03 (1800+ cpus) and it wouldn't boot anything. However
(fortunately) the local place where I bought it had just gotten in the 1.04s

and exchanged it with no problem (they'd sold me the system as "gauranteed
to
boot").
I am/was using RH 7.2.
It does run SMP Win2K but... who cares ;-)
jim
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Demchuk, Eugene wrote:
> What revision of the mb do you use? I am fighting with retailers to get
> 1.04. Everyone in the US has 1.03... Did you check AMD web site on
dualies?
> Only 1.04 is WHQL qualified. Also, 1.03 appeared on the site only on
Friday.
> Before that for about a month there was only one certified MPX mb and it
is
> rev. 1.04. I wonder, for what reason?
>
> Also, which distribution do you try? For some reason RedHat is missing for

> A7M266-D on http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results_server.html#asus
<http://www.keylabs.com/linux/results_server.html>....
>
> Regards,
> -G.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jim caldwell [mailto:caldwell_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu
<mailto:caldwell_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu?subject=RE:%20Dual%20AMD%20mother
boards&replyto=Pine.OSF.3.96.1020318175644.28570A-100000_at_heimdal.compchem.uc
sf.edu>]
> > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 6:47 PM
> > To: amber_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu
<mailto:amber_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.edu?subject=RE:%20Dual%20AMD%20motherboa
rds&replyto=Pine.OSF.3.96.1020318175644.28570A-100000_at_heimdal.compchem.ucsf.
edu>
> > Subject: Dual AMD motherboards
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone in the community tried (and succeeded) in running
> > Linux-SMP on the newish ASUS A7M266-D Dual Athlon motherboard?
> > I have tried 3 different kernels (2.4.7-10, 2.4.8, 2.5.6) without
> > success. All hang very early in the boot with APIC related problems.
> >
> > I can install/boot/run uniprocessor Linux (and dual processor
> > Win2K PRO). Linux-SMP runs fine on Tyan 2462 dual AMD boards.
> >
> > Thanks for any info.
> >
> > best,
> > jim
>