Was wondering if anyone has any luck with the Tyan s4985 motherboard, I had loaded up the latest 5.4 release and in installed most everything that I wanted but when I loaded it up, as in processor wise it would lock up. Funny thing I could still ssh to it but not do a su - or anything from the console. I think it is kernel related and tried the previous kernel but it still exhibited the same symptom. The only thing I saw in the log was a message about a soft lockup on cpu0, there is a open bug for that but from the description doesn't appear to cause any issues. I am running 4 opteron 8356 just for clarification.... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100104/be022d3b/attachment-0002.html>
On Monday 04 January 2010 07:09:32 am Tom Bishop wrote:> Was wondering if anyone has any luck with the Tyan s4985 motherboard, I had > loaded up the latest 5.4 release and in installed most everything that I > wanted but when I loaded it up, as in processor wise it would lock up. > Funny thing I could still ssh to it but not do a su - or anything from the > console. I think it is kernel related and tried the previous kernel but it > still exhibited the same symptom. The only thing I saw in the log was a > message about a soft lockup on cpu0, there is a open bug for that but from > the description doesn't appear to cause any issues. I am running 4 opteron > 8356 just for clarification....is your BIOS up to date? Dave -- From outside our borders, the climate crisis doesn't look anything like the meteors or space invaders that Todd Stern imagined hurtling toward Earth. It looks, instead, like a long and silent war waged by the rich against the poor. Naomi Klein
On 1/4/2010 10:09 AM, Tom Bishop wrote:> Was wondering if anyone has any luck with the Tyan s4985 motherboard, I > had loaded up the latest 5.4 release and in installed most everything > that I wanted but when I loaded it up, as in processor wise it would > lock up. Funny thing I could still ssh to it but not do a su - or > anything from the console. I think it is kernel related and tried the > previous kernel but it still exhibited the same symptom. The only thing > I saw in the log was a message about a soft lockup on cpu0, there is a > open bug for that but from the description doesn't appear to cause any > issues. I am running 4 opteron 8356 just for clarification.... >Looks like 207 is the latest: http://www.tyan.com/support_download_bios.aspx?model=S.S4985 According to the OS support matrix: http://www.tyan.com/tech/OS_Support_AMDRedHat5.aspx Not all embedded components have drivers (2c = SATA RAID), which should only indicate that the fake-RAID doesn't work in RHEL 5 64bit. Try booting other live CDs? Including some from other 64bit distros that might have a more recent kernel?