GE XVB601 ROC

Configuring the INTEL based GE XVB601 ROC

Configuration out of the box

You can set up a VGA terminal and a USB keyboard into one of the USB slots which seems to recieve input from teh keyboard and output information to the screen

Utility screen

By hitting the "del" key when booting the ROC you can enter into a setup Utility program.

I did

Advanced->Onboard Device, and changed the memory size from 64 MB to 512MB 

I also enable Onboard Gigabit LAN 1.

Install using USB DVD drive

1. plug in the two USB connectors for the drive
2. The drive shows up in the setup utility, select it as the Boot #1 device
3. selected USB device driver for getting install from DVD

1. entered linux text mem=256M

References

https://clonwiki.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/GE_XVB601

https://coda.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/Intel-based_VME_Controllers

Drivers for the VME are here:

 /site/coda/2.6.1/extensions/linuxvme/RPMs

Readout_Controller_Configuration