Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (200 mails)

["Alan Gray" <alan.gray@xxxxxxx>]

I should add I do not work for AMD / SUSE / TYAN.

The best option for the K2885 is put in cheap IDE disks and
when SATA drivers are ready, maybe upgrade then. The Raptor SATA disks
are the pick if you can get them.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emil Briggs [mailto:emil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, 14 December 2003 1:15 PM
> To: Alan Gray; suse-amd64@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [suse-amd64] Dual AMD 64
> 
> 
> On Saturday 13 December 2003 20:52, Alan Gray wrote:
> > I built a dual AMD on Suse 9.0 using a Tyan K2885 mother 
> board (needed
> > AGP). DONT use SATA drives. No drivers and Silicon Image 
> cant tell us when
> > :-( If you dont want AGP, the K2882 (scsi) may be the 
> option. Yes, C++ on
> > Suse builds 64 bit fine.
> >
> 
> Tyan has drivers for the SATA controller integrated on the 
> 2885 motherboard 
> available on their website. I don't know how well they work though.
> 
> Emil
> 
>