Re: [Xen-users] Xen on AM2 nForce 590 (Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe)

[Ryan J <ryanslistsubs@xxxxxxxx>]

I'm getting a new machine with the same motherboard next week.  I bought
it so I can have a dedicated machine to play around with virtualization
stuff, so if you discover any useful tips please post them.  I'll do the
same.

I'll end up using Gentoo or Debian.

Ryan

Thomas Harold wrote:
> While I wait for the Xen 3.0 Test CD to download, has anyone has luck
> using an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard (NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP
> chipset)?  The CPU is an AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ AM2 w/ 2GB DDR2 533.
> 
> The motherboard mostly works under Gentoo using kernel 2.6.18 with the
> "noapic" kernel boot option in my grub.conf file.  The only major issue
> with the Gentoo kernel configuration is the "nobody cared" IRQ warning.
> 
> But after building the Xen kernel, the boot-up freezes during (I think)
> the process of querying the SATA drives.
> 
> # Aug 2006 XEN - Initial install
> title=Gentoo / XEN 2.6.16.26 (Aug 29 2006 @ 2200) - BASE INSTALL
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /xen.gz dom0_mem=262144 noapic
> module /vmlinuz-2.6.16.26-xen-29Aug2006-2200 root=/dev/md1
> 
> I saw the threads from mid-month about AM2 motherboards, but I don't
> think any of those motherboards were based on the nForce 590 chipset.
> 
> (Ah the joys of bleeding edge hardware.  Fortunately it's merely
> convenience that I'm trying to put Xen on this box for testing.  Down
> the road I plan on using the Asus M2NPV-VM or Asus M2N-E motherboards
> instead.  The M2NPV-VM uses a nForce 430 MCP chipset and the M2N-E uses
> nForce 570 Ultra MCP chipset.)
> 
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