Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 01:55:26 +0200 From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tyan Tomcat 4D problem Message-ID: <4.1.19991014015521.00b9c7f0@mailserv.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
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At 19:57 13.10.99 +0400, you wrote: >Hello! > >I've failed to set up FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE on Tyan Tomcat 4D (BIOS >1.01) - dual Pentium MMX-200, 64Mb RAM, Adaptec AHA-2940, 8Gb Fujitsu >drive. Hi! I have the Tomcat 4 D BIOS 1.02 (latest one, AFAIK) dual MMX -233 96 MB EDO Symbios 810a 4 and 5 GB IDE Quantum 4.5 G IBM DDRS SB32 pnp, Ne2000 Have FreeBSD 3.2 release up and running, no probs, dual CPU enabled. Took only 10 min to compile and install. >Making kernel with -j2 or more VERY often crashes compiler on signal >10 (!). Ok, never cared what this option means, I did it in exectly the way they described in the manual in chapter 5, and I did only uncomment the first two lines of the SMP section (based on the generic kernel, not LINT) >I've heard that Linux ot THAT EXACT MOTHERBOARD (and all other stuff) >run pretty cool. Have tried to run SUSE LInux 6.1. OK, the generic kernel installed well, but as I tried to build my custom kernel to activate the 2nd CPU and a second SCSI card, I had lotsa trouble compiling it, and it would stop with some severe errors. > This mainboard is very cool and IMHO stable, with a good old HX chip on it. Also certified for Solaris, which speaks for its own. Never had probs with the hardware. It may be a bit flaky with big memory load, or some diferent memory modules, due to very high current flowing through the 8 banks, so Tyan recommend some adjustments and easy memory cycles in BIOS, if these probs are encountered. Rule of thumb: Memory modules should be of same size and type. No mixing. I have 2* 32 and 2*16 EDO here, works ok at sharp cycles. Do a BIOS upgrade. Tyan is known for very stable hardware, but the software (eg BIOS) needs some time to get stable. 1.02 also should eat a K6-2 at 400... undocumented voltage settings go down to 2.15 Volts... ;-) Problem may be the driver for the Adaptec. there are different chip versions for the fast 10, fast 20 and wide series... Regards Olaf Hoyer=20 - - - - - - - -=20 Olaf Hoyer ICQ: 22838075 mailto: Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de home: www.nightfire.de (The home of the burning CPU) Wer mit Ungeheuern k=E4mpft, mag zusehn,=20 da=DF er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund=20 auch in dich hinein. (Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und B=F6se) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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