June 2004 - openSUSE AMD64 - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: PXE/TFTP'ing 9.1 on AMD64
by Alan Scheinine 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Charles Smith had a problem with PXE/TFTP booting/autoinstalling. For Red Hat 32-bit and 64-bit both work, and aside from the last step of "autoinstalling", the procedure for SUSE should be the same. For Intel x86 and AMD x86_64, /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 works fine. In pxelinux.cfg the files for 32-bit machines has the lines default local #default linux_install prompt 1 timeout 100 display msgs/boot.msg F1 msgs/boot.msg F7 msgs/snake.msg label linux_install kernel vmlinuz append ksdevice=eth0 initrd=initrd.img network ks=http://156.148.64.101/kickst art/scivu6/ks.cfg lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 label local localboot 0 where vmlinuz and initrd.img have been taken from the appropriate 32-bit distribution whereas for 64-bit the names vmlinuz and initrd.img are slightly different to refer to different files, the ones taken from the 64-bit distribution. It works fine for both architectures. As Charles Smith wrote, perhaps the installation procedure for 64-bit is different from 32-bit for SUSE. From the description of the problem it would seem that the last step starting YAST is the problem, that the machine reboots rather than install. Alan

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driver for ADMtek AN983B wanted
by Joerg Bruenner 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi, I am looking desperatly for a driver for the AN983B network adapter. Does anyone got it working? How? I am using 9.0 pro version. Thanks a lot Joerg ___________________________________________________________ Bestellen Sie Y! DSL und erhalten Sie die AVM "FritzBox SL" für 0. Sie sparen 119 und bekommen 2 Monate Grundgebührbefreiung. http://de.adsl.yahoo.com

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OT: handhelds
by Creamer, Mark 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

I'm thinking of replacing my PocketPC and have been looking at Palm OS units, as well as the Zaurus. With my new found love of Linux, the embedded Linux/Java system in the Zaurus sounds interesting. Any experiences with the Zaurus anyone can share? (especially in terms of compatibility with the SuSE Linux desktop, but any other thoughts are appreciated as well) Mark

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[suse-amd64] Newbie issues
by Janis Klava 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hello Angelo, Download the latest BIOS from Tyan site (2885_202) and install it first, before you do anything else. Otherwise there will be problems with SATA. Install 9.1 and do an online upgrade and say 'yes' to nvidia driver, it works fine. By using only one memory dimm per cpu you will not get the benefit of 128 bit wide memory access. Maybe put the two 1 Gb dimms in slots 1 & 2 for cpu #1 and get a couple more for cpu #2 Janis

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Tyan K8S Pro and Intel Pro/1000 MT Server network adapter
by Stefan Piger 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I use Suse 9.1 Pro for x86_64 with kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.75.x86_64 on a dual AMD Opteron 248. The board is a Tyan K8S Pro (2882). My problem is that I can't get my Intel Pro/1000 MT server PCI-X cards to work. Whenever I do a "modprobe e1000" the systems freezes completely with no error messages. I didn't succeed in compiling the driver I downloaded directly from Intel. Does someone know a workaround for this or has information that the intel driver doesn't work on this architecture? best regards, Stefan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD4DBQFA4rFT7tkXstGqNXkRAqLJAJiyuULv8ruUrewzKu4OePp1oKjwAJ9PPaf2 MNILnycILiqwBE3xbfM+gQ== =gdLV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SuSE 9.1 + Radeon 7000 VE
by Mike D. Frenz 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hello, graphic card ATI Radeon 7000 VE remains dark when switching to HiRES on SuSE 9.1 AMD64 on a Tyan S2875ANRF Dual Opteron Board. SuSE Hardware Database gives "FULL support" for Radeon VE http://cdb.suse.de/showProduct.php?product_id=18518&searchtype=simple&arch_… Any hints? lspci finds Radeon 7000 VE. -- Mit freundlichsten Grüßen / With best regards ---- PS: Ask for our High Performance Computing 32/64bit Multi-CPU AMD OPTERON Systems! ---- >>>> >>>>___AB 1.3.2004 NEUE ADRESSE, TEL+FAX:___<<< >>>> NEU: ________________________________________________________________ Mike D. Frenz (Dipl.-Phys.) Mail: MikeRoHard Computersysteme -Geschäftsleitung- Gewerbestr. 10 MikeRoHard Computersysteme D-79285 Ebringen High Performance Computing GERMANY Tel. +49 (0)7664 - 402 99-0 mailto: mike.frenz(a)mikerohard.de Fax +49 (0)7664 - 402 99-9 Website:http://www.mikerohard.de ________________________________________________________________

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Re: [suse-amd64] Newbie (fwd)
by Andrew Halliwell 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

And verily, didst Franz Mach announce to the hordes: > Notice that i have no experiences with SATA raids - > i just wrote what i have read about this and what i > can > remember because nobody else has replied so far ;-) I'll help fill in a little... On board RAID is never hardware RAID IME, it's always pseudo-hardware. The controller runs the individual SATA ports and deals with a little bit of interconnecting logiccy stuff, but the CPU does all the grunt work of writing to the drives, working out striping, working out parity (in the case of RAID 5), etc, via the driver and controller. The linux kernel supports the SATA ports, but not the SATA RAID itself, at the moment... BUT... If the manufacturers of that specific chipsset have a driver, it MAY be possible to get it to work. But you'll probably need another machine with SuSE 9.1 on it in order to compile the driver against the kernel in order to load it at install time. One on-board SATA that does work with linux is promise, but their drivers may not compile against a 2.6 kernel... (I've never tried, but they're written for 2.4, so it seems unlikely without modification) If you DO have a promise, and the driver DID manage to compile, report back and I'll talk you through an install... :)

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install without DVD ?
by IntegraGen 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

hello, i tried to install suse 9.1 pro (official CDs/DVDs) on a SunFire v20z (bi opteron), but there is no DVD drive, not even an IDE connector, ... and it seems that 64bit installation can only be done with the DVD included. i try to boot from 32bit CD and start a network install from a FTP server with 64bit DVD contents : it returns an error message after loading ramdisk. i don't have this problem when i try to install the 32bit DVD contents with the same procedure. i can't find a 64 bit-specific boot disk except the DVD itself. any ideas ? thanks, paul.

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New Kernel upgrade does not work with MSI-Master2 Network Card
by Joel Wiramu Pauling 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi there, Just upgraded to the newly released kernel from suse: vmlinuz-2.6.5-7.75-default Seems that the Broadcom onboard gigabit lan. Does not work with the new kernel (Works fine with either bcm5700 or tg3 kernel modules). I get: Whenever trying to bring it up. I have also tried assigning static ip. Does not work. Jun 18 17:00:04 rincewind dhcpcd[3500]: dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable Any Suggestions? Kind regards Joel

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Newbie
by Tony 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

I just built a new rig with 2 10,000rpm SATA hard drives. I have them setup in RAID 0 in WinXP Pro. I am totally new to any linux, but I thought I would give SuSE a try since I like playing with new things and its 64bit compatible. Anyways, I have yet to install SuSE 9.1 cause when I start the installation one of the first messages goes something like this: This system has at least one hard disk w/ a RAID configuration sold by the BIOS as RAID that is in fact a software RAID. (then the last part of the message states) If you do an installation on these Disks your RAID configuration and any Data on the RAID will be lost! Now I was just wondering if this means it will erase WinXP and my other files off my drives? Should I just continue through the normal installation? I am completely new but would like to experience the whole linux world. I have AMD64 3200++ and SuSE Linux Pro 9.1. Please help me out. Thanks, tony. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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