CentOS - Dec 2005 - Tyan S2891 and CentOS

I am trying to install CentOS to a server that has a Tyan S2891
motherboard, 2 Opteron 875 Dual Cores and 2GB of RAM.

I have been able trying to install over a network but the tg3 driver will
not load.  I then installed from a DVD and on rebooting after the
installation I cannot get the network drivers to load and the RAID
controller in the PCI slot is not available.

It seems that when I do an lspci -tv the only a minimal amount of devices
are seen.

[0000:00]-+-00.0  nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller
           +-01.0  nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge
           +-01.1  nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus
           +-02.0  nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller
           +-02.1  nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller
           +-06.0  nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE
           +-09.0-[0000:01]----07.0  ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL
           \-0e.0-[0000:02]--

Has anyone had success with a combination of parts close to this?

Rik

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, rik at harddata.com wrote:
> I am trying to install CentOS to a server that has a Tyan S2891 
> motherboard, 2 Opteron 875 Dual Cores and 2GB of RAM.
I've got a Tyan S2882-D with two dual-core Opteron 270s running CentOS 
4 just fine -- but it's got the AMD-8111 chipset, not the nVidia 
CK804.

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rik at harddata.com wrote:
> I am trying to install CentOS to a server that has a Tyan
> S2891 motherboard, 2 Opteron 875 Dual Cores and 2GB of RAM.
> I have been able trying to install over a network but the
> tg3 driver will not load.  I then installed from a DVD and
on
> rebooting after the installation I cannot get the network 
> drivers to load and the RAID controller in the PCI slot is
not
> available.
> It seems that when I do an lspci -tv the only a minimal
> amount of devices are seen.
Yep, this has come up several times now (yet another thing to
add to the ELManagers FAQ) -- not all PCI busses are getting
enumerated and recognized for newer PCIe chipsets. 
Especially the up to 8 PCIe masters in nForce Pro 2200+2050,
especially when there are also 2 more PCI-X channels c/o an
AMD 8131 as well.

Remember, all AGP, PCI-X and PCIe busses/channels are,
virtually, enumerated as PCI logic.  Today's new generation
of PCIe or PCIe+PCI-X have literally 6, 8 or even 10+ virtual
PCI busses/channels compared to only 2-4 of the legacy
AGP+PCI with optional PCI-X or two.

First off, get the absolute latest BIOS.  Most issues do get
resolved by it.

Secondly, try booting with a combination of ACPI/PCI kernel
parameters.  Using "pci=bios" might solve the problem,
especially if you have the latest BIOS.

If you hit the archives regarding the Tyan S2895 (Thunder
K8WE), you'll find the boot-time option that person used (I
believe it was "pci=bios"?).


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