> > >>>>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 I had to 1. Set ACPI Aware O/S to NO in the BIOS 2. Use linux acpi=off Not apci=off! Dohh! Your original email did point me in the right direction Samual. Don't feel bad. The bugzilla entry I pointed to say "noapic". I'm so confused, but the above worked. Thanks for your help. Pete
