Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:08:01 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: tyan K7 thunder |
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Theres a problem unrelated to the hardware. I've been having the same problem with a server here.
Gerhard
On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Magnus Naeslund(f) wrote:
> > Well I can't even get it to boot some dists/kernels. > > When I tried to install Peanut Linux (http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/) it > just hangs after "Freeing unused kernel memory ( XXX K )". > > It's bootdisk has a 2.4.10 kernel, and I wonder if there is any gotchas with > this version of kernel together with the AMD Athlon MP, AMD 760MP, AMD 762, > AMD 766, or tyan s2462 chips and board that produces this hang. > > Magnus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andreas Gietl" <a.gietl@e-admin.de> > To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:39 PM > Subject: tyan K7 thunder > > > > hi, > > > > First every thing was just fine with our new tyan k7 thunder server and we > > did some load testing and the machine ran fine for 4 weeks. But after we > > started to use it in production we had major stability problems with that > new > > Dual Athlon 1200 machine. we found tons of mails in this mailling list > about > > this configuration crashing. We tried to stabilize the SMP-kernel > (v.2.4.9) > > for 4 days w/o luck. We played around with the bios and especially the use > > pci table in MP table switch gave us a lot more stability but the machine > > still keeped on crashing every few hours with a kernel panic: > > > > kernel panic aiee, killing interrupt handler > > in interrupt handler - not syncing' > > > > We tried noapic, and all the things that were recommended. We also read > that > > Alan Cox thinks that some of these MBs simply are kind of damaged. > > > > Right now we are running this machine with v2.4.12 uniprocessor kernel and > it > > seems to be stable. What i wanna know is whether there are some > improvements > > in the support for this mainboard in the kernel from 2.4.9 to 2.4.12 so we > > could risk another try with the SMP kernel. > > > > thank you for you help > > > > andreas > > > > P.S.: The tyan support (after 5 days we were frustrated enough to call > them > > up) said the don't support Linux, and their boards are just certified for > > Windows. But of course this is not alternative for us.... > > -- > > e-admin internet gmbh > > Andreas Gietl > > Roter-Brach-Weg 124a > > tel +49 941 3810884 > > fax +49 941 3810891 > > mobil +49 171 6070008 > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
-- Gerhard Mack
gmack@innerfire.net
<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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