> >>>>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 I disabled on board serial ATA support. No change. The BIOS IOMMU mode was disabled. Next I disabled ACPI Aware O/S and I got a little further. kernel panic. I tried 1. just hitting return 2. linux noapci 3. linux apci=off 4. linux apci=off iommu=off but all gave the kernel panic. I guess I need to do the serial port trick suggested here http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109641 and report the results to bugzilla? Pete
