Difference between revisions of "Amd64"

Revision as of 22:34, 22 March 2008

Desktop

I upgraded an AMD k7 to an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 939, 640k cache, 1800MHz), it boots without any problems with the same 2.6.14-2-k7 kernel.
Motherboard is a 6150K8MA-8KRS (8 audio channels, Gbit LAN, raid, sata), based on NVidia Geforce 6150 and nForce 430.
Memory is DDR400 (PC32000) 512Mb.

U1 Server

Hardware

AMD Opteron Processor 144 1800MHz
- Has a hardware random generator supported by the amd_rng module, but you also need the software counterpart to boost your entropy pool:

apt-get install rng-tools

1Gb RAM Corsair CM72SD1024RLP-3200/S PC3200R-3330-Z1
Tyan Tomcat K8S S2850
- chipset AMD8111
- AMIBIOS
- ATI Rage XL
- 2x LAN Gbit Broadcom BCM5705
Power supply 300W FSP Group
2x Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Model:6L200M0 200GB SATA150 HDD
PCI Raid Controller 2xSATA 3ware 8006-2LP
- Debian tools available here or sources on the 3Ware site

zeus:~# tw_cli show

Ctl   Model        (V)Ports  Drives   Units   NotOpt  RRate   VRate  BBU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
c2    8006-2LP     2         2        1       0       2       -      -        

zeus:~# tw_cli /c2 show bios driver firmware memory model monitor pcb pchip serial 
/c2 Bios Version = BE7X 1.08.00.048
/c2 Driver Version = 1.26.02.002
/c2 Firmware Version = FE8S 1.05.00.068
/c2 Available Memory = 512KB
/c2 Model = 8006-2LP
/c2 Boot Loader Version = ME7X 1.01.00.040
/c2 PCB Version = Rev5
/c2 PCHIP Version = 1.30-66
/c2 Serial Number = L18501A5335058

zeus:~# tw_cli /c2 show         

Unit  UnitType  Status         %RCmpl  %V/I/M  Stripe  Size(GB)  Cache  AVrfy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
u0    RAID-1    OK             -       -       -       189.922   ON     -      

Port   Status           Unit   Size        Blocks        Serial
---------------------------------------------------------------
p0     OK               u0     189.92 GB   398297088     L41KS93G            
p1     OK               u0     189.92 GB   398297088     L41KS9RG

Flashing BIOS

When trying to boot a kernel, I got an immediate freeze.
It appears to be the same problem as describe here.
So we have to flash the BIOS...

BIOS updates are available here
This requires to boot under DOS, sth I did with a USB stick.
- See http://www.apcstart.com/usb/rescue/ to prepare a DOS bootable USB stick

Installing Debian

cf Debian on Amd64

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 ===Hardware===
 * AMD Opteron Processor 144 1800MHz
+** Has a hardware random generator supported by the amd_rng module, but you also need the software counterpart to boost your entropy pool:
+ apt-get install rng-tools
 * 1Gb RAM Corsair CM72SD1024RLP-3200/S PC3200R-3330-Z1
 * [http://www.tyan.com/support_download_manuals.aspx?model=S.S2850 Tyan Tomcat K8S S2850]