I had similar problems with the Tyan B2891 'Transport GT24' - see: <https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-November/msg00062.html> Also make sure that the 'Installed OS' is set to 'Linux' in the BIOS. James Pearson On 01/12/05, rik at harddata.com <rik at harddata.com> wrote: > > Paul Heinlein wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, rik at harddata.com wrote: > >> > >>> I am trying to install CentOS to a server that has a Tyan S2891 > >>> motherboard, 2 Opteron 875 Dual Cores and 2GB of RAM. > >> > >> > >> I've got a Tyan S2882-D with two dual-core Opteron 270s running CentOS > >> 4 just fine -- but it's got the AMD-8111 chipset, not the nVidia CK804. > >> > > > > Since CentOS is based on stable/older code base, and Tyan S2891 is > > bleeding-edge-new, I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't work so well. My > > $0.02 ONLY, no 1st hand experience, YMMV, etc. > > This is what I figured so I have tested with Fedora Core 4 installs. > > Interesting to find that the 2.6.11 install kernel works but the latest > 2.6.14 kernel has the same symptoms. I am scratching my head and firing > up bugzilla.