[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

[Gordan Bobic]

These appear to finally be available in UK now:
https://www.xcase.co.uk/gigabyte-server-boards/gigabyte-mp30-ar0-with-appliedmicror-x-gene1r-processor.html

Unfortunately, things don't work right out of the box:
https://www.mail-archive.com/users@lists.redsleeve.org/msg01274.html

Has anyone got CentOS installer working with this board? £600 is an
awful lot to spend on a paper weight.

Gordan

On 2015-09-22 00:18, Jim Perrin wrote:
> On 09/16/2015 07:16 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am toying with the idea of getting a Gigabyte MP30-AR0 board
>> (despite the insanely exorbitant price tag). Has anyone got the
>> aarch64 CentOS working on one of those? Any special instructions?
>> 
>> Also, if I get the ISO, is it bootable on aarch64? Does the
>> installer work? Or does the image have to be used like on 32-bit
>> ARM?
> 
> 
> This board is based on the APM xgene, which we've used and tested 
> fairly
> heavily. It *should* just work out of the box.