>>>>I have the following HW that I am hoping to use in a compute cluster. >>>> >>>>MB: Tyan Tomcat K8S(S2850G2N) >>>>RAM: 1GB - DDR 2700 via 2 - 512MB modules >>>>CPU: AMD Opteron 146 >>>>Video: Built in ATI Rage >>>>HD: Maxtor 80GB 7200 RPM IDE ULTRA ATA133 >>>> >>>>I have successfully loaded the i386 version Fedora Core 1 using a boot >>>>floppy, a network floppy and an http shared mirror of the fedora >>>>distribution. >>>> >>>>Now I am trying to install the x86_64 version using an ATAPI DVD drive I >>>>have temporarily connected to the secondary IDE on the system. When I >>>>boot from CDROM I get >>>> >>>>boot: >>>>Loading vmlinux >>>>Loading initrd.img............ >>>>Ready. >>> Try "linux apci=off iommu=off". >> Same result. >> Thanks for trying. > You might also try playing with the iommu, and acpi settings in the > bios. Of I could be completely on the wrong track. I've only used the > 2881, and 2882 tyan amd64 boards. I have a 2885 I will be firing up eventually too. Thanks for the suggestion and help. I'll report on the results. Pete
