Tyan S2891 and CentOS

[rik at harddata.com (rik@xxxxxxxxxxxx)]

> Paul Heinlein wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, rik@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to install CentOS to a server that has a Tyan S2891
>>> motherboard, 2 Opteron 875 Dual Cores and 2GB of RAM.
>>
>>
>> I've got a Tyan S2882-D with two dual-core Opteron 270s running CentOS
>> 4 just fine -- but it's got the AMD-8111 chipset, not the nVidia CK804.
>>
>
> Since CentOS is based on stable/older code base, and Tyan S2891 is
> bleeding-edge-new, I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't work so well. My
> $0.02 ONLY, no 1st hand experience, YMMV, etc.

This is what I figured so I have tested with Fedora Core 4 installs.

Interesting to find that the 2.6.11 install kernel works but the latest
2.6.14 kernel has the same symptoms.  I am scratching my head and firing
up bugzilla.

Rik