H8DME-2

[Daniel J. Celta]

Has anyone updated this Supermicro server Board BIOS for the H8DME-2......

I have installed FC10, (i was able to complete this installation by turning
of the RAID configuration in the BIOS), and now I am having trouble when
trying to upgrade the Operating system to FC13.


I suspect, if I update the BIOS, I currently have the version of the BIOS
that came pre-installed with the server, I may be able to upgrade to FC13.

One thing I like to mention, when running "make menuconfig" I was not sure
of the ROM Chip size, and used the largest available setting 4MB.

- How can I check the proper setting for this parameter????



So now, I have created the coreboot.rom, and think I am ready to run
"flashrom".......

- Is there anything else I need to check before I pull the trigger???

- Has anyone had any problems I should be aware of????


Thanks

Daniel

[Gregg Levine]

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Daniel J. Celta <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Has anyone updated this Supermicro server Board BIOS for the H8DME-2......
>
> I have installed FC10, (i was able to complete this installation by turning
> of the RAID configuration in the BIOS), and now I am having trouble when
> trying to upgrade the Operating system to FC13.
>
> I suspect, if I update the BIOS, I currently have the version of the BIOS
> that came pre-installed with the server, I may be able to upgrade to FC13.
>
> One thing I like to mention, when running "make menuconfig" I was not sure
> of the ROM Chip size, and used the largest available setting 4MB.
>
> - How can I check the proper setting for this parameter????
>
> So now, I have created the coreboot.rom, and think I am ready to run
> "flashrom".......
>
> - Is there anything else I need to check before I pull the trigger???
>
> - Has anyone had any problems I should be aware of????
>
> Thanks
>
> Daniel

Hello!
I confess I'm not familiar with that board. Why don't you post the
exact same things that the Wiki asks for? That way the rest of us,
even those of us who do know it, can advise you? I do however believe
you're on the right path.


-----
Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

[Daniel J. Celta]

Greg,
Could you point me to the right "Wiki" page, so I can provide what you are
referring to.
I am thinking machine and motherboard specs, but I want to make sure I am
looking at the same page you are.
Thanks

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Gregg Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Daniel J. Celta <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Has anyone updated this Supermicro server Board BIOS for the
> > H8DME-2......
> >
> > I have installed FC10, (i was able to complete this installation by
> > turning
> > of the RAID configuration in the BIOS), and now I am having trouble when
> > trying to upgrade the Operating system to FC13.
> >
> > I suspect, if I update the BIOS, I currently have the version of the BIOS
> > that came pre-installed with the server, I may be able to upgrade to
> > FC13.
> >
> > One thing I like to mention, when running "make menuconfig" I was not
> > sure
> > of the ROM Chip size, and used the largest available setting 4MB.
> >
> > - How can I check the proper setting for this parameter????
> >
> > So now, I have created the coreboot.rom, and think I am ready to run
> > "flashrom".......
> >
> > - Is there anything else I need to check before I pull the trigger???
> >
> > - Has anyone had any problems I should be aware of????
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Daniel
>
> Hello!
> I confess I'm not familiar with that board. Why don't you post the
> exact same things that the Wiki asks for? That way the rest of us,
> even those of us who do know it, can advise you? I do however believe
> you're on the right path.
>
> -----
> Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

[Gregg Levine]

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Daniel J. Celta <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Greg,
> Could you point me to the right "Wiki" page, so I can provide what you are
> referring to.
> I am thinking machine and motherboard specs, but I want to make sure I am
> looking at the same page you are.
> Thanks
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Gregg Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Daniel J. Celta <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > > Has anyone updated this Supermicro server Board BIOS for the
> > > H8DME-2......
> > >
> > > I have installed FC10, (i was able to complete this installation by
> > > turning
> > > of the RAID configuration in the BIOS), and now I am having trouble when
> > > trying to upgrade the Operating system to FC13.
> > >
> > > I suspect, if I update the BIOS, I currently have the version of the
> > > BIOS
> > > that came pre-installed with the server, I may be able to upgrade to
> > > FC13.
> > >
> > > One thing I like to mention, when running "make menuconfig" I was not
> > > sure
> > > of the ROM Chip size, and used the largest available setting 4MB.
> > >
> > > - How can I check the proper setting for this parameter????
> > >
> > > So now, I have created the coreboot.rom, and think I am ready to run
> > > "flashrom".......
> > >
> > > - Is there anything else I need to check before I pull the trigger???
> > >
> > > - Has anyone had any problems I should be aware of????
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Daniel
> >
> > Hello!
> > I confess I'm not familiar with that board. Why don't you post the
> > exact same things that the Wiki asks for? That way the rest of us,
> > even those of us who do know it, can advise you? I do however believe
> > you're on the right path.
> >
> > -----
> > Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
> > "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

Hello!
I found it listed here:
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards

It's on the entries marked as servers, and of course via the vendor's
entered name. Third one down from there.
-----
Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

[Daniel J. Celta]

Ok I see now what you were referring to.

All,
The details about the board below:

Vendor: Supermicro
MainBoard: H8DME-2
NorthVBridge: AMD K8
SouthBridge: NVIDIA MCP55
Super I/O: Winbond™ W83627EHG
CPU: AMD Opteron

Thanks


Supermicro H8DME-2<http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron2000/MCP55/H8DME-2.cfm>
AMD K8
NVIDIA MCP55 Winbond™ W83627EHG AMD Opteron™ Socket F

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Gregg Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Daniel J. Celta <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Greg,
> > Could you point me to the right "Wiki" page, so I can provide what you
> > are
> > referring to.
> > I am thinking machine and motherboard specs, but I want to make sure I am
> > looking at the same page you are.
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Gregg Levine <[e-mail]>
> > wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Daniel J. Celta <[e-mail]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > Has anyone updated this Supermicro server Board BIOS for the
> > > > H8DME-2......
> > > >
> > > > I have installed FC10, (i was able to complete this installation by
> > > > turning
> > > > of the RAID configuration in the BIOS), and now I am having trouble
> > > > when
> > > > trying to upgrade the Operating system to FC13.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect, if I update the BIOS, I currently have the version of the
> > > > BIOS
> > > > that came pre-installed with the server, I may be able to upgrade to
> > > > FC13.
> > > >
> > > > One thing I like to mention, when running "make menuconfig" I was not
> > > > sure
> > > > of the ROM Chip size, and used the largest available setting 4MB.
> > > >
> > > > - How can I check the proper setting for this parameter????
> > > >
> > > > So now, I have created the coreboot.rom, and think I am ready to run
> > > > "flashrom".......
> > > >
> > > > - Is there anything else I need to check before I pull the trigger???
> > > >
> > > > - Has anyone had any problems I should be aware of????
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Daniel
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > > I confess I'm not familiar with that board. Why don't you post the
> > > exact same things that the Wiki asks for? That way the rest of us,
> > > even those of us who do know it, can advise you? I do however believe
> > > you're on the right path.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
> > > "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
> Hello!
> I found it listed here:
> http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
>
> It's on the entries marked as servers, and of course via the vendor's
> entered name. Third one down from there.
> -----
> Gregg C Levine [e-mail]
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."

my coreboot experiences with the H8DME-2 [Was: H8DME-2]

[Joe Korty]

On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 05:02:16PM -0400, Daniel J. Celta wrote:
> Has anyone updated this Supermicro server Board BIOS
> for the H8DME-2......
>
> I have installed FC10, (i was able to complete this
> installation by turning of the RAID configuration in the
> BIOS), and now I am having trouble when trying to upgrade
> the Operating system to FC13.
>
> I suspect, if I update the BIOS, I currently have the
> version of the BIOS that came pre-installed with the
> server, I may be able to upgrade to FC13.
>
> One thing I like to mention, when running "make
> menuconfig" I was not sure of the ROM Chip size, and used
> the largest available setting 4MB.
>
> - How can I check the proper setting for this parameter????
>
> So now, I have created the coreboot.rom, and think I am
> ready to run "flashrom".......
>
> - Is there anything else I need to check before I pull the trigger???
> - Has anyone had any problems I should be aware of????
>
> Thanks
> Daniel

Hi Daniel,

My first (and so far only) experience in installing coreboot was with
the H8DME-2.  http://www.mindspring.com/~jakorty/coreboot.html is a
step-by-step writeup of my experiences.  This page was written up quite
recently (May), so, unlike most coreboot documentation found on the web,
nothing in it should yet be obsolete.

Regards,
Joe