Hi,
after a frustrating weekend I finally installed and
booted SUSE 9.3. It was maybe not the most intelligent
way to make it work, but it worked anyway ...
The BIOS is most likely up to date. At least I have
not found updates on Tyan's website The key was to
change BIOS settings. Also the power management was
disabled using Yast.
Here are the details:
1. System:
Tyan S2895UA2NRF motherboard
2x252 Opteron
4Gb RAM (4x1Gb) or 8Gb (8x1Gb) PC3200 400DDR
Infineon
NVidia 6800 GT
2x160GB SATA Western Digital HD
Audigy 2 ZS Sound Blaster
2. BIOS finds both CPU's, all system memory and
reports 200Mhz CPU clock.
3. For whatever reason SuSE installer can see only
one CPU, no matter how much memory installed. The only
difference is that when 4gB installed, the system
boots and crashes after install, while when it's 8Gb,
it does not boot at all. The only way to boot it was
to start installation again and when you are past
language selection and prompted with choices
"install", "repair", etc choose "boot installed
system". Obviously it has drivers and kernel in memory
and can boot. The catch is that it uses default, not
smp kernel, with all consequences. That is, most of
the necessary modules are not loaded, since it's
default kernel is running, but smp kernel was
installed (/lib/modules/2.6.11 .... has smp modules).
4. The situation was rectified when I disabled
powermanagement in Yast and enabled "Node Memory
Interleave" in BIOS. After that the system booted.
Don't ask me why that helped, it's just a guess.
5. Below are the grub entries and BIOS settings. I
hope it will be useful.
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/boot/grub/menu.lst :
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun May 15
00:28:40 UTC 2005
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,0)/message
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier:
Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX 9.3
kernel (hd1,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb5 vga=0x31a
selinux=0 splash=silent console=tty0 resume=/dev/sdb7
showopts
initrd (hd1,0)/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier:
Original name: windows###
title Windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier:
Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier:
Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.3
kernel (hd1,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb5 showopts
ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal noresume
selinux=0 barrier=off iommu=noforce 3
initrd (hd1,0)/initrd
======================================================
Phoenix BIOS settings:
Main:
Installed OS: Linux
BIOS Date: 02/21/05
BIOS Version: 1.00.2895
Advanced:
Secured Setup Config: No
Reset Config Data: No
Hummer Config:
HTLDT: 1000
ECC: Enable
ECC Scrub Redirect: Disable
DRMA ECC Scrub STL: Disable
MemClock: Auto
Node Mem Interleave: Enabled or Auto
DRAM Bank Interleave: Auto
4 GB Mem Hole Adjust: Auto
4 Gb Mem Hole Size: 1280
DDR Clock jitter: Enable
Mem Mapping: Disable
Enable all Memory Clocks: Populated
Controller Config mode: Auto
Timing Config Mode: Auto
Integrated Dev:
USB Ctl: USB1.1+USB2
USB BIOS Legacy Supp: Disabled
MAC LAN: Enabled
MAC LAN Bridge: Enabled
MAC ADDr: 00E0815486B2
Audio Codec: Enabled
SATA0 Controller: Enabled
SATA1 Controller: Enabled
Interrupt Mode: APIC
Slave Dev Config:
MAC LAN: Enabled
MAC LAN Bridge: Enabled
MAC ADDr: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NV Raid Config: Disabled
FirstWare Config:
FirstWare Language: English
FirstWare Auth Level: High
Firstware Video Mode: 1024x768
PCI Config:
PCI Device, Slot #1:
Option RAM Scan: Enabled
Enable Master: Enabled
Latency Timer: 0040h
PCI Device, Slot #2:
Option RAM Scan: Enabled
Enable Master: Enabled
Latency Timer: 0040h
PCI Device, Slot #3:
Option RAM Scan: Enabled
Enable Master: Enabled
Latency Timer: 0040h
PCI Device, Slot #4:
Option RAM Scan: Enabled
Enable Master: Enabled
Latency Timer: 0040h
PCI Device, Slot #5:
Option RAM Scan: Enabled
Enable Master: Enabled
Latency Timer: 0040h
PCI Device, Slot #6:
Option RAM Scan: Enabled
Enable Master: Enabled
Latency Timer: 0040h
PCI Layout:
PCI-Express
PCI 32bit
PCI-Express
PCIX 100Mhz
PCIX 100Mhz
PCIX 133Mhz
Integrated SCSI Controller:
Integrated SCSI: Enabled
Enabled Master: Disabled
Latency Timer: Default
Integrated 1394:
Integrated 1394: Enabled
PCI/PNP ISA UMB Region Exclusion:
C800-CBFF: Available
CC00-CFFF: Available
D000-D3FF: Available
D400-D7FF: Available
D800-DBFF: Available
DC00-DFFF: Available
PCI/PNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion:
IRQ 3: Available
IRQ 4: Available
IRQ 5: Available
IRQ 7: Available
IRQ 9: Available
IRQ 10: Available
IRQ 11: Available
IRQ 15: Available
IDE Config:
Large Disk Access Mode: DOS
Local Bus IDE Adapter: Primary
IDE Channel 0 Master [CD-ROM]:
Type: Auto
Multi-Sector Transfers:
Disabled
LBA Mode Ctl: Disabled
32 Bit I/O: Disabled
Transfer Mode: FPIO 4/DMA2
UltraDMA MOde: DMA2
IDE Channel 0 Master [None]:
Type: Auto
Multi-Sector Transfers:
Disabled
LBA Mode Ctl: Disabled
32 Bit I/O: Disabled
Transfer Mode: Standard
UltraDMA MOde: Disabled
Floppy Config:
Floppy Disk Controller: Auto
Legacy Diskette A: .44/1.25M 3 1/2"
Legacy Diskette B: Disabled
I/O Device Config:
Serial Port A: Auto
Serial Port B: Auto
Mode: Normal
Memrory:
Mem Cache: Enabled
Cache Sys BIOS Area: Write Back
Cache Video BIOS Area: Write Back
Cache Base 0-512K: Write Back
Cache Base 512-640K: Write Back
Cache Ext Mem Area: Write Back
Cache A000-Afff: Disable
Cache B000-Bfff: Disable
Cache C800-CBFF: Disable
Cache CC00-Cfff: Disable
Cache D000-D3FF: Disable
Cache D400-D7ff: Disable
Cache E000-E3FF: Disable
Cache E400-E7FF: Disable
Cache E800-EBFF: Disable
Cache EC00-EFFF: Disable
Ext Memory: 8386560 K
Cache RAM: 1024K
Sys Mem: 608K
Security:
Supervisor Passwd: Clear
User Paswd: Clear
Fixed disk boot sector: Normal
Diskette Access: Supervisor
Virus Check Remnder: Disable
System Backup Reminder: Disable
Boot:
Quickboot Mode: Enabled
Quietboot Mode: Enabled
Summary Screen: Enabled
Boot Dev Priority:
1. Floppy
2. Ide0
3. IDE CD: LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-5235K-
4. PCI SCSI: WDC WD1600JD-22HBB0
5. PCI BEV
Excluded from boot order:
1. IDE1
2. USB FDC
3. USB HDD
4. USB CDROM
5. USB ZIP
Power:
ACPI S3: Disabled
Spread Spectrum: Disabled
After Power Failure: Last State
======================================================
--- "Black, Alain"
Are you at the latest BIOS release for the motherboard?
Does specifying "acpi=off" include "pci=noacpi" for a boot option?
-----Original Message----- From: Dima [mailto:bryga66@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:06 PM To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Tyan s2895, SUSE 9.3 install/boot problem
Hi, sorry for erroneous first post - accidentally hit "send" button.
I'm having a problem installing and booting SUSE 9.3 on Tyan s2895 board: Tyan S2895UA2NRF motherboard 2x252 Opteron 4 RAM (4x1Gb)
SUSE itself installs ok (default system with KDE). After initial boot it reconizes and configure all hardware. But when I boot and it comes to a point when it "starting powersaved" it crashes. I tried to pass option "acpi=off apm=off" but it did not help either. If I boot it in "failsafe mode" it crashes with kernel panic.
Did anybody had/has same problem ?
Dima.
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