Hi Royce, Do you have a good link about recompile kernel to use more RAM? with Fedora Core 6 distro.
Royce Souther wrote: > My MB of choice. > Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro S2882-D EATX 2XS940 AMD-8131 8DDR Reg 4PCI-X 4SATA > 2GBLAN Video Motherboard > http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=17821 > <http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=17821> > > CPU's are two dual core AMD Opteron 275 > http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=15454 > > These systems have 8 GB RAM. A 32 bit kernel can use more then 4GB RAM, > a lot more. I constructed my own Linux distro http://www.Radados.org > based on Debian. These CPU's are 64 bit so I did a lot of testing of the > speed with user applications between a 32 bit system and an all 64 bit > system and found very little difference when used for an LTSP server. > > You need to recompile your kernel to use more RAM. > > I have not tried the H1000E but I feel confident in Tyan quality and > Linux compatibility. > > On 10/21/07, * Donny Christiaan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi Royce, > > Thanks a lot for your reply. > > Please share your experience using Tyan MB's. > > What Tyan MB do you use? > What Linux Distro do you use? Is it x86_64 or i386? > > I've heard that 32-bit distro can't detect memory bigger than 4Mb is > that true? > > Btw, have u buy Tyan h1000E (S3970-E) ? can you share to me your > experience using that MB with Linux? what about the compatibility ? > > Thank you for your help. > > Best Regards, > Donny Christiaan. > > > Royce Souther wrote: > > Nice motherboard! I am running Tyan MB's in all my multiy-CPU > LTSP servers. > > > > Things I like about Tyan MB's. Excelent support in Linux for network > > devices, boots without a keyboard. > > > > Things I like about this MB, on-board video, I HATE having to buy a > > video card for a server. With on-bard video you can fit this into > a 2U > > rack case. > > > > I love AMD Opteron CPU's. In an LTSP network they just stop all > over the > > Intel systems. > > > > I am running Tyan MB with 2x2 Opteron's in the Taber, AB school. When > > the lab is full of students they all start OpenOffice at the same > time > > and it takes about 1.5 seconds to start up. My friend has a newer > Intel > > system, running just a single session it takes way longer to startup. > > Other things are a factor in this, hard drives and such but I > personaly > > am never going back to Intel ever again. > > > > Thanks for the link to the MB. I think I will order one today. > > > > > > On 10/8/07, *Donny Christiaan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > My supplier suggest me to use Tyan Tomcat h1000E (S3970-E) > for my LTSP > > Server. > > > > Where can I find complete information about the compatibility > of this > > mainboard with Linux OS (K12LTSP-6) or does anybody on this > list ever > > used it? > > > > http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=529 > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > -- > You need music, music needs you; but the RIAA we'd all be better off > without. -- Best Regards, Donny Christiaan. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
