feedback and request for help with x86_64 preview

[Justin M. Forbes]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 03:51:05PM +0000, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> First of all, thanks very much to everyone who's working hard to get FC1
> working on x86_64 - your efforts are much appreciated.
> 
Thanks :)

> I've been trying to install the fc1_x86_64 preview on my AMD Athlon 64
> 3200+ box, with MSI-6702 (a.k.a K8T Neo) m/b, which uses a VIA K8T800
> chipset + VIA VT8237, and also has a Promise 20378 SATA controller.
> (c.f.
There are a few known problems with this board, but it should be possible
to get a working system. PEster MSI for a bios update though.

> >From the shell prompt I couldn't get parted to find the SATA disk -

SATA is not officially supported in that tree, though the test kernel had
libata merged, it is not in the same version of the 2135 kernel.

> Why didn't the VIA SATA controller get found?
It is not supported, though should be with test1 when it comes out.

> I was under the impression (thanks to
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2003-November/msg01216.html
>  and other posts) that the fc1_x86_64 preview included support for VIA
> and promise SATA controllers.
That is an errata kernel, and not in the install tree.

> Should I be trying the /fc1_x86_64/jmforbes/ tree? What about the
> /fc1_x86_64/preview/ tree?
> 
The /fc1_x86_64/preview tree should work for you with a standard IDE disk.  
DO NOT try to use the jmforbes tree, it is incomplete at this time, and
being used as staging for some things.  Specifically, the rpmdb package is
wrong, and can cause issues.

Thanks,
Justin M. Forbes