SuSE 9.1 Professional AMD Opteron 240 1.4GHz 64-bit Retail CPUs Tyan Tiger K8W S2875ANRF Dual Opteron Server Board PC2700 333MHz DDR ECC RAM - (4GB Total) Maxtor 6Y200M0 200GB 7200RPM 8MB SERIAL ATA HDs - (4) ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB DDR 8x AGP w/ TV-Out Tagan TG480-U01 480w pwr supply. Topower TP134SAB Hot-swap SATA module. 3ware 9500S-8 Escalade SATA Controller. The only hassle I had was with the 3ware controller and the obvious problems suse has with its setup program (update disk portion) for loading modules on SMP systems at installation time. This is partly 3ware's fault because they could not get their module in the kernel source tree in time for the 9.1 release. The sata raid controller could not be used for a fresh install. I had to use an IDE disk to hold the OS then add the newly compiled module manually. The kernel-syms package had to be loaded for the 3ware module code to compile properly. The only thing I have left is to tear everything down and install clean to test if the 3ware module can handle a kernel update from YaST without breaking. Other than what's mentioned above I have had *no* problems but the machine is not in a production environment yet and isn't doing anything other than sitting there spinning its wheels. The machine will end up being a productin database server running postgresql, mysql and maxdb so once those are on and I start running some tests I should learn more. -----Original Message----- From: Johan Nielsen [mailto:yep@osterbo-net.dk] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:25 PM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] POLL: Do you have a positive impression on the 64-bit platform ... plz drop a note on the hardware you use Would be nice to have around for all considering buying stuff. Single / dual / X-cpu systems Mainboard RAM Chipset All the info you'd like to add Plz let me/others know how you dealt with problems if you had any (And yes ... I'll probably buy a AMD64/Opteron myself in the near future) Johan -- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help@suse.com