CentOS - Aug 2013 - Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest "Centos 5.9" version?

Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest "Centos
5.9"
or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server 
which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare "Sabertooth 
X79". I have a machine with a "Sabertooth X79" motherboard to
test on
which boots up fine on on "Centos 5.9 i386" image from the troubled 
server. However the output from "lspci" (see below) seems far less 
descriptive than you normally see in "Centos 5" or "Centos
6". I am just a
bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need 
audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I 
thought "i386" installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs of
ram?
The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows

MemTotal:      3574676 kB
MemFree:       3146556 kB


I would really appreciate any advice.  Regards Steve

e.g. The output from "Sabertooth X79" and "Centos 5.9" gives


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c00 (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c02 (rev 06)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c04 (rev 06)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c08 (rev 06)
00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c28 (rev 06)
00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c2a (rev 06)
00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 3c2c (rev 06)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d3e (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d3a (rev 05)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Device 1503 (rev 05)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d2d (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 1d20 (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d10 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d12 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d14 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d16 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d18 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d1a (rev b5)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d1e (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d26 (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d41 (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d02 (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 1d22 (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 104a (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0e08 (rev a1)
06:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042
07:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042
08:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042
09:00.0 SATA controller: Device 1b21:0612 (rev 01)
0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3403 (rev 01)
0b:00.0 SATA controller: Device 1b4b:9130 (rev 11)
ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c80 (rev 06)
ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c83 (rev 06)
ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c84 (rev 06)
ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c90 (rev 06)
ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c93 (rev 06)
ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c94 (rev 06)
ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cc0 (rev 06)
ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cc1 (rev 06)
ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cc2 (rev 06)
ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cd0 (rev 06)
ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce0 (rev 06)
ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce3 (rev 06)
ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06)
ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06)
ff:0c.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06)
ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cf4 (rev 06)
ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cf6 (rev 06)
ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06)
ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06)
ff:0d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06)
ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cf5 (rev 06)
ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ca0 (rev 06)
ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 3c46 (rev 06)
ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ca8 (rev 06)
ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c71 (rev 06)
ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3caa (rev 06)
ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cab (rev 06)
ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cac (rev 06)
ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cad (rev 06)
ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cae (rev 06)
ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb0 (rev 06)
ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb1 (rev 06)
ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb2 (rev 06)
ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb3 (rev 06)
ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb4 (rev 06)
ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb5 (rev 06)
ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb6 (rev 06)
ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb7 (rev 06)
ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb8 (rev 06)
ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce4 (rev 06)
ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 3c43 (rev 06)
ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 3ce6 (rev 06)
ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 3c44 (rev 06)
ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c45 (rev 06)

On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Steve Brooks <steveb at
mcs.st-and.ac.uk>wrote:
>
> Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest "Centos
5.9"
> or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server
> which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare
"Sabertooth
> X79". I have a machine with a "Sabertooth X79" motherboard
to test on
> which boots up fine on on "Centos 5.9 i386" image from the
troubled
> server. However the output from "lspci" (see below) seems far
less
> descriptive than you normally see in "Centos 5" or "Centos
6". I am just a
> bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need
>
I'm not familiar with the Sabertooth X79, so specifics there are better
suited for someone else.

Though the lack of detail in the newer board might be more apparent if we
had output from both systems to compare.

> audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I
> thought "i386" installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs
of ram?
> The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows
>
> MemTotal:      3574676 kB
> MemFree:       3146556 kB
>
Are you using a PAE kernel?
If you want access to the additional memory above ~3.5GB you'll need a PAE
kernel.

CentOS 5 i386 has both non-PAE and PAE kernels.
CentOS 6 i386 only has kernels with PAE support.

Take a peek at the output from uname to find out what kernel you're running.

>
>
> I would really appreciate any advice.  Regards Steve
>
>
>

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Mike
//  SilverTip257  //

Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest "Centos
5.9"
        or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server 
        which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare
"Sabertooth
        X79". I have a machine with a "Sabertooth X79"
motherboard to test on
        which boots up fine on on "Centos 5.9 i386" image from the
troubled
        server. However the output from "lspci" (see below) seems far
less
        descriptive than you normally see in "Centos 5" or
"Centos 6". I am just a
        bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need 
        audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I
        thought "i386" installs could not see more than 3 and a bit
Gigs of ram?
        The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows
        
        MemTotal:      3574676 kB
        MemFree:       3146556 kB
        
Steve,

You need to run a PAE 32-bit kernel in order to see more than 3.1 GB.

I wouldn't be too concerned about the lspci output yet.

Regards,
-- 
Michael Duvall <michael.duvall at ccur.com>
Concurrent Computer Corporation