[conspire] Darlene's VA Linux 420

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 12:56:03 -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote:

> Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
>> You know, you could head this issue off at the pass with a newer BIOS. I
>> found the specs for the 420 here:
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> Thank you for responding and sending the links!
> 
> After further research into my system using a script,
> system-info, written by Karsten M. Self,
> <kmself at ix.netcom.com>. My BIOS supports ACPI, I have
> a CA81020A, which is listed as an updated BIOS.
> 
> It is taking me quite some time to go thru menuconfig
> and answer/select the options.
> 
> Darlene

Instructions on BIOS flashing that board are at:

http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/standardbios.htm

The BIOS ChangeLog is at:

ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/3995/ENG/p08-0017.pdf

The BIOS itself (in a standard ZIPfile, despite the .exe) is at:

ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/3995/ENG/CAAP08BI.exe

The last time you brought the machine to CABAL, it had this problem:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=139307

The manual for the 420 is at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20010724022112/valinux.com/products/420/420_Users_Guide.tar.gz?&state_info=.US1P1-59726

Pay special attention to pages 56-59, especially the part about setpci.
You wanted to know how to boot it from SCSI. An educated guess would be
that it has a Symbios 8951U card, but we'll double-check that next time
you bring the machine to CABAL. The manual for that card is at:

http://www.lsilogic.com/files/docs/techdocs/storage_stand_prod/PCISCSICont/HABs/8951u.pdf

If the Ctrl-C hotkey does not work as described there, it may be necessary
to flash the SCSI BIOS. Instructions for doing so are at:

http://www.lsilogic.com/files/support/ssp/sdms/Bios/FLASH.TXT

The SCSI BIOS itself is at:

http://www.lsilogic.com/files/support/ssp/sdms/Bios/lsi_bios.zip