Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, SilverTip257 wrote: On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Steve Brooks ste...@mcs.st-and.ac.ukwrote: On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it seems to recognise the 32G. [root@app2 ~]# uname -a Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@app2 ~]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3574676 4257723148904 0 26748 266128 -/+ buffers/cache: 1328963441780 Swap: 4192924 04192924 [root@app2 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemTotal: 3574676 kB = MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing MemTotal: 3574676 kB free just outputs in kilobytes unless you pass it options. So you're only looking at 3.5 GB of memory with a non-PAE kernel in CentOS 5 based on your numbers. Go PAE and you'll be able to utilize the 32GB of RAM. # Megabytes free -m # Gigabytes free -g # any others options: man free Doh.. thanks Mike .. consequence of working through the night I expect! Ok now just to decide if it is safe to run centos 5 on the x79 motherboard. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest Centos 5.9 or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare Sabertooth X79. I have a machine with a Sabertooth X79 motherboard to test on which boots up fine on on Centos 5.9 i386 image from the troubled server. However the output from lspci (see below) seems far less descriptive than you normally see in Centos 5 or Centos 6. I am just a bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I thought i386 installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs of ram? The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemFree: 3146556 kB Steve, You need to run a PAE 32-bit kernel in order to see more than 3.1 GB. I wouldn't be too concerned about the lspci output yet. Regards, -- Michael Duvall michael.duv...@ccur.com Concurrent Computer Corporation ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, Michael Duvall wrote: Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest Centos 5.9 or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare Sabertooth X79. I have a machine with a Sabertooth X79 motherboard to test on which boots up fine on on Centos 5.9 i386 image from the troubled server. However the output from lspci (see below) seems far less descriptive than you normally see in Centos 5 or Centos 6. I am just a bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I thought i386 installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs of ram? The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemFree: 3146556 kB Steve, You need to run a PAE 32-bit kernel in order to see more than 3.1 GB. I wouldn't be too concerned about the lspci output yet. Thanks for the help Michael, I suppose if I test the machine as much as I can before putting it in service, fingers crossed! Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013, SilverTip257 wrote: On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Steve Brooks ste...@mcs.st-and.ac.ukwrote: Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest Centos 5.9 or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare Sabertooth X79. I have a machine with a Sabertooth X79 motherboard to test on which boots up fine on on Centos 5.9 i386 image from the troubled server. However the output from lspci (see below) seems far less descriptive than you normally see in Centos 5 or Centos 6. I am just a bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need I'm not familiar with the Sabertooth X79, so specifics there are better suited for someone else. Though the lack of detail in the newer board might be more apparent if we had output from both systems to compare. audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I thought i386 installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs of ram? The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemFree: 3146556 kB Are you using a PAE kernel? If you want access to the additional memory above ~3.5GB you'll need a PAE kernel. CentOS 5 i386 has both non-PAE and PAE kernels. CentOS 6 i386 only has kernels with PAE support. Take a peek at the output from uname to find out what kernel you're running. I would really appreciate any advice. Regards Steve Thanks for the reply, I have included the lspci output from the new board running el6. I am sure that the kernel is not PAE but can not check as I am at home and the test machine is turned off at work. I did however run a yum update on the machine so I am wondering if that would notice the memory was sufficient to benefit from a PAE kernel? I will pop into work later to day and post the running kernel. Steve 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07) 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07) 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07) 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 07) 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 05) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset MEI Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1) 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec Series 7 6G SAS/PCIe 3 (rev 01) 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller 08:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller 09:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) 0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01) 0b:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9128 PCIe SATA 6 Gb/s RAID controller with
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On 08/25/2013 11:41 AM, Steve Brooks wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have included the lspci output from the new board running el6. I am sure that the kernel is not PAE but can not check as I am at home and the test machine is turned off at work. I did however run a yum update on the machine so I am wondering if that would notice the memory was sufficient to benefit from a PAE kernel? I will pop into work later to day and post the running kernel. Steve 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07) 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07) 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07) 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 07) 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 05) snip It is better that you provide output of lspci -nn so DeviceID's are also listed, to be searched for kernel modules, device drivers. Like: 00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399] Device ID in this case is: 1002:4399 So you can go to http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs and check if there are kmod packages to provide the driver for that device. Also worth noting is that ElRepo also provides 3.0.x kernels for CentOS 5.x that should be kABI/ABI compatible. Latest is 3.0.93. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 08/25/2013 11:41 AM, Steve Brooks wrote: Thanks for the reply, I have included the lspci output from the new board running el6. I am sure that the kernel is not PAE but can not check as I am at home and the test machine is turned off at work. I did however run a yum update on the machine so I am wondering if that would notice the memory was sufficient to benefit from a PAE kernel? I will pop into work later to day and post the running kernel. Steve 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07) 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07) 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07) 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 07) 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 05) snip It is better that you provide output of lspci -nn so DeviceID's are also listed, to be searched for kernel modules, device drivers. Like: 00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399] Device ID in this case is: 1002:4399 So you can go to http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs and check if there are kmod packages to provide the driver for that device. Also worth noting is that ElRepo also provides 3.0.x kernels for CentOS 5.x that should be kABI/ABI compatible. Latest is 3.0.93. I have included the lspci -nn output below. The X79 board and Centos 5.9 seem to be fine.. It boots, the SATA disk seems to work as expected it just would be good to actually clarify the system is safe to use. Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it seems to recognise the 32G. [root@app2 ~]# uname -a Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@app2 ~]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3574676 4257723148904 0 26748 266128 -/+ buffers/cache: 1328963441780 Swap: 4192924 04192924 [root@app2 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal MemTotal: 3574676 kB 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c00] (rev 06) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c02] (rev 06) 00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c04] (rev 06) 00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c08] (rev 06) 00:05.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c28] (rev 06) 00:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c2a] (rev 06) 00:05.4 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c2c] (rev 06) 00:11.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d3e] (rev 05) 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d3a] (rev 05) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1503] (rev 05) 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d2d] (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d20] (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d10] (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d12] (rev b5) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d14] (rev b5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d16] (rev b5) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d18] (rev b5) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d1a] (rev b5) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d1e] (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d26] (rev 05) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev a5) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d41] (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d02] (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d22] (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:104a] (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0e08] (rev a1) 06:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Device [1b21:1042] 07:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Device [1b21:1042] 08:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Device [1b21:1042] 09:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Device [1b21:0612] (rev 01) 0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device [1106:3403] (rev 01) 0b:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Device [1b4b:9130] (rev 11) ff:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it seems to recognise the 32G. [root@app2 ~]# uname -a Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@app2 ~]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3574676 4257723148904 0 26748 266128 -/+ buffers/cache: 1328963441780 Swap: 4192924 04192924 [root@app2 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemTotal: 3574676 kB = MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB Btw., if you want to see if all device have kernel modules, use output of lspci -nnk. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it seems to recognise the 32G. [root@app2 ~]# uname -a Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@app2 ~]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3574676 4257723148904 0 26748 266128 -/+ buffers/cache: 1328963441780 Swap: 4192924 04192924 [root@app2 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemTotal: 3574676 kB = MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB Btw., if you want to see if all device have kernel modules, use output of lspci -nnk. [1] I include the output of lspci -nnk below.. problem is I am not sure the best way to interpret the information. Can I assume that if the kernel picks a driver for a device i.e. the ATA controller [0106]: Device [1b4b:9130] then this is properly supported by the kernel *or* could it be it picks a generic driver that might / might not work properly? I hope it will work properly being an enterprise distribution? [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing MemTotal: 3574676 kB Steve 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c00] (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c02] (rev 06) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c04] (rev 06) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c08] (rev 06) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:05.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c28] (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] 00:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c2a] (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] 00:05.4 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3c2c] (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] 00:11.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d3e] (rev 05) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d3a] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1503] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:849c] Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d2d] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d20] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8436] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d10] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d12] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d14] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d16] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d18] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d1a] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d1e] (rev b5) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d26] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev a5) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d41] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] Kernel modules: i8xx_tco 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d02] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1d22] (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef] Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On 08/25/2013 11:13 AM, Steve Brooks wrote: [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing MemTotal: 3574676 kB Steve As I recall, as of EL6 they no longer ship separate SMP and/or PAE kernels for i386. They're all SMP- and PAE-enabled out-of-the-box. I just looked in http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6/os/i386/Packages/ and there is ONLY one kernel package provided. There are kernel-debug, -header, -firmware, -devel and -doc packages, but no -SMP or -PAE packages. I believe it stated as much in the EL6 release notes, at least for the initial release. But I've slept since then... -- Jay Leafey - jay.lea...@mindless.com Memphis, TN ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On 08/25/2013 07:30 PM, Jay Leafey wrote: On 08/25/2013 11:13 AM, Steve Brooks wrote: [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing MemTotal: 3574676 kB Steve As I recall, as of EL6 they no longer ship separate SMP and/or PAE kernels for i386. They're all SMP- and PAE-enabled out-of-the-box. I just looked in http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6/os/i386/Packages/ and there is ONLY one kernel package provided. There are kernel-debug, -header, -firmware, -devel and -doc packages, but no -SMP or -PAE packages. I believe it stated as much in the EL6 release notes, at least for the initial release. But I've slept since then... Jay, he uses CentOS 5.9! not 6.x. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On 08/25/2013 06:13 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it seems to recognise the 32G. [root@app2 ~]# uname -a Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@app2 ~]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3574676 4257723148904 0 26748 266128 -/+ buffers/cache: 1328963441780 Swap: 4192924 04192924 [root@app2 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemTotal: 3574676 kB = MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB Btw., if you want to see if all device have kernel modules, use output of lspci -nnk. [1] I include the output of lspci -nnk below.. problem is I am not sure the best way to interpret the information. Can I assume that if the kernel picks a driver for a device i.e. the ATA controller [0106]: Device [1b4b:9130] then this is properly supported by the kernel *or* could it be it picks a generic driver that might / might not work properly? I hope it will work properly being an enterprise distribution? [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing MemTotal: 3574676 kB Steve [1] I can not help you with explanation about usage of kernel modules, but I am sure somebody will jump in. [2] yum install kernel-PAE will install PAE enabled kernel and after reboot you should access full memory. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Steve Brooks ste...@mcs.st-and.ac.ukwrote: On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it seems to recognise the 32G. [root@app2 ~]# uname -a Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@app2 ~]# free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3574676 4257723148904 0 26748 266128 -/+ buffers/cache: 1328963441780 Swap: 4192924 04192924 [root@app2 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemTotal: 3574676 kB = MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing MemTotal: 3574676 kB free just outputs in kilobytes unless you pass it options. So you're only looking at 3.5 GB of memory with a non-PAE kernel in CentOS 5 based on your numbers. Go PAE and you'll be able to utilize the 32GB of RAM. # Megabytes free -m # Gigabytes free -g # any others options: man free -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest Centos 5.9 or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare Sabertooth X79. I have a machine with a Sabertooth X79 motherboard to test on which boots up fine on on Centos 5.9 i386 image from the troubled server. However the output from lspci (see below) seems far less descriptive than you normally see in Centos 5 or Centos 6. I am just a bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I thought i386 installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs of ram? The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemFree: 3146556 kB I would really appreciate any advice. Regards Steve e.g. The output from Sabertooth X79 and Centos 5.9 gives 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c00 (rev 06) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c02 (rev 06) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c04 (rev 06) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 3c08 (rev 06) 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c28 (rev 06) 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c2a (rev 06) 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 3c2c (rev 06) 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d3e (rev 05) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d3a (rev 05) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Device 1503 (rev 05) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d2d (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 1d20 (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d10 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d12 (rev b5) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d14 (rev b5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d16 (rev b5) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d18 (rev b5) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d1a (rev b5) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d1e (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d26 (rev 05) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1d41 (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 1d02 (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 1d22 (rev 05) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 104a (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0e08 (rev a1) 06:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042 07:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042 08:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b21:1042 09:00.0 SATA controller: Device 1b21:0612 (rev 01) 0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3403 (rev 01) 0b:00.0 SATA controller: Device 1b4b:9130 (rev 11) ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c80 (rev 06) ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c83 (rev 06) ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c84 (rev 06) ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c90 (rev 06) ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c93 (rev 06) ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c94 (rev 06) ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cc0 (rev 06) ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cc1 (rev 06) ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cc2 (rev 06) ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cd0 (rev 06) ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce0 (rev 06) ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce3 (rev 06) ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06) ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06) ff:0c.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06) ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cf4 (rev 06) ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cf6 (rev 06) ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06) ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06) ff:0d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ce8 (rev 06) ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cf5 (rev 06) ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ca0 (rev 06) ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 3c46 (rev 06) ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3ca8 (rev 06) ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3c71 (rev 06) ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3caa (rev 06) ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cab (rev 06) ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cac (rev 06) ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cad (rev 06) ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cae (rev 06) ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb0 (rev 06) ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb1 (rev 06) ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 3cb2 (rev 06)
Re: [CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest Centos 5.9 version?
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Steve Brooks ste...@mcs.st-and.ac.ukwrote: Hi Guys, In a bit of a pickle.. Is anyone running the latest Centos 5.9 or earlier version with an Intel X79 based motherboard. I have a server which needs the motherboard replacing asap and I have a spare Sabertooth X79. I have a machine with a Sabertooth X79 motherboard to test on which boots up fine on on Centos 5.9 i386 image from the troubled server. However the output from lspci (see below) seems far less descriptive than you normally see in Centos 5 or Centos 6. I am just a bit worried that this might imply lack of support. I do not need I'm not familiar with the Sabertooth X79, so specifics there are better suited for someone else. Though the lack of detail in the newer board might be more apparent if we had output from both systems to compare. audio/firewire.. but need the essential to work memory, sata etc. Also I thought i386 installs could not see more than 3 and a bit Gigs of ram? The test machine has 32G and meminfo shows MemTotal: 3574676 kB MemFree: 3146556 kB Are you using a PAE kernel? If you want access to the additional memory above ~3.5GB you'll need a PAE kernel. CentOS 5 i386 has both non-PAE and PAE kernels. CentOS 6 i386 only has kernels with PAE support. Take a peek at the output from uname to find out what kernel you're running. I would really appreciate any advice. Regards Steve -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
