> ... also care to try the nocddma... No go here. Have to use ide=nodma.
Have had FC2 and RHWS on these machines. Only things I've changed are dual CPU from 266 to 300. Video cards are now 16MB AGP instead of 128MB AGP. I am starting to suspect the ISE SB16ProII may be the problem at IRQ 5, DMA and DRQ 1.
The motherboards are GemLite P6LIDK that have these features (from Manual):
Processor
• Intel Dual Pentium II series.
• The mainboard can run with following speeds: 233, 266, 300 and 333MHz
Chipset
• Intel i82443LX (PCI A.G.P. Controller)
• Intel 82371AB (PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator)
• Winbond W83977TF (Super I/O Controller)
• Adaptec AIC-7880 (SCSI Controller)
Main Memory
• Memory configurations up to 512MB SDRAM or 1GB EDO.
• DIMM socket for SDRAM (3.3V unbuffered).
• Support both Synchronous DRAM and Extended Data Output (EDO) Mode DRAM Modules.
• ECC Function ensure data correction and integrity.
Multi I/O
• On board Multi-I/O supports two serial, one parallel ports and floppy drive controller.
• Serial ports are 16550 Fast UART compatible.
• Parallel port has EPP and ECP capabilities.
• PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector is provided.
• IrDA supported.
• USB supported. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
• A.G.P. specification compliant
• A.G.P. 66/133MHz devices supported
PCI IDE
• On board supports PCI Master IDE Controller, two connectors support up to four IDE
devices such as HDD, CD ROM drive and Tape Back-up drives, etc.
• PCI Master IDE controller supports PIO Mode 3 and 4 devices, I/O data transfer rate can be
up to 16.6MB/s.
• Ultra DMA Mode supported. Transfer rate can be up to 33MB/s.
In addition to the video and SB cards have 2 D-Link 530TX and 1 LinkSys 100TX NIC cards in each machine. The plan is to bond the D-Link cards between the two servers (192.168.3) for quicker mirroring/updates. The LinkSys cards go out to a switch (192.168.1) and through a another computer (PIII550MHz RHWS9 or FC3) running a firewall to the internet router (192.168.0). Have done this before and the only difference I can figure would matter are the SB16ProII ISA cards.
God Bless,
GregS <><
