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 - - - - - - - - Olaf Hoyer ICQ: 22838075 mailto: Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de home: www.nightfire.de (The home of the burning CPU) Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein. (Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Böse) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the messagehome | help
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