This is probably obvious, but make sure your BIOS is current on the VIA board, also.
I've had issues with an M10000-II with bad BIOS. -Philip Nicholas Sabinske wrote: > Right, I am using that target in all cases. (see subject) > I'm getting ready to build the 0.6 branch from sourceforge to see if > it works any better. I wonder if the official 0.6 images will go up > before this finishes on my old server? :) > > Thanks, > - Nick > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Darrick Hartman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The 'via' target is really the Via C3-2 kernel. So it only supports >> Nehemiah and newer cores. For older boards that would require the >> original C3 kernel target, you should use the generic i586 target from >> trunk-1907 or the 0.6 images when those are available. >> >> Darrick >> >> Nicholas Sabinske wrote: >> >>> Darrick, >>> >>> Here's the output >>> >>> - Nick >>> >>> pbx ~ # lspci >>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia] (rev >>> 05) >>> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia AGP] >>> 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231 [PCI-to-ISA Bridge] (rev >>> 10) >>> 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. >>> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) >>> 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 >>> Controller (rev 24) >>> 00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 >>> Controller (rev 24) >>> 00:11.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ACPI (rev 10) >>> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 >>> AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) >>> 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev >>> 51) >>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev >>> 6a) >>> >>> pbx ~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo >>> processor : 0 >>> vendor_id : CentaurHauls >>> cpu family : 6 >>> model : 7 >>> model name : VIA Samuel 2 >>> stepping : 3 >>> cpu MHz : 533.377 >>> cache size : 64 KB >>> fdiv_bug : no >>> hlt_bug : no >>> f00f_bug : no >>> coma_bug : no >>> fpu : yes >>> fpu_exception : yes >>> cpuid level : 1 >>> wp : yes >>> flags : fpu de tsc msr cx8 mtrr pge mmx 3dnow >>> bogomips : 1067.50 >>> clflush size : 32 >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Darrick Hartman >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nick, >>>> >>>> Can you do an lspci and cat /proc/cpuinfo and post that info here? >>>> >>>> That will show me exactly which hardware is included and we can probably >>>> tell you why one is working and not the other. >>>> >>>> Darrick >>>> >>>> Nicholas Sabinske wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks -- that makes more sense now. >>>>> >>>>> Ok so here's my points of data >>>>> >>>>> * A-Data 2GB 120x CF card, working in a [brand unknown] UDMA CF -> IDE >>>>> adapter. I had the same adapter and card in the laptop, and the combo >>>>> worked with all builds >>>>> >>>>> * Same combo doesn't work with the Via on the trunk-1907 image but it >>>>> DOES work with the 0.5 image... so it can work... something's >>>>> different there that matters. >>>>> >>>>> * Ive got the partition the runnix image provides, then a second hda2 >>>>> that's 256mb of ext2. You can see the kernel identify the 2GB drive >>>>> and hda1 and hda2 in both the runnix and AstLinux boots. >>>>> >>>>> * It does get past runnix in all cases (of course, since that's been >>>>> common) >>>>> >>>>> Since it looks like the 0.5 build was newer, maybe Ill be fine when >>>>> the 0.6 goes up? Maybe something was fixed or something is being built >>>>> slightly different? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> - Nick >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
