From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263815AbUECSXN (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2004 14:23:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263827AbUECSXN (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2004 14:23:13 -0400 Received: from [216.150.199.16] ([216.150.199.16]:9383 "EHLO mail.aspsys.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263815AbUECSXK (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 May 2004 14:23:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 12:23:08 -0600 From: Bryan Stillwell To: Jason Turner Cc: root@chaos.analogic.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual Opteron 248s w/ 8GB RAM on Tyan K8W (S2885) Message-ID: <20040503182308.GB16122@aspsys.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 12:02:26PM -0600, Jason Turner wrote: >A similar (but different) problem exists with motherboards that use the >AMD760MPX. Here is the specific problem you are seeing: > >>>From Tyan's FAQ:(http://www.tyan.com/support/html/f_s2885.html) I tried the beta bios mentioned in Tyan's FAQ, but it didn't help with the booting problem I have with 8GB ram. I did however find that I can boot up the machine if I add "maxcpus=0" to the kernel options in the bootloader. Of course then only one cpu works, which is just as bad as the other solution of having only half the memory... Bryan -- Aspen Systems, Inc. | http://www.aspsys.com/ Production Engineer | Phone: (303)431-4606 bryans@aspsys.com | Fax: (303)431-7196