From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 06:24:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F8016A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:24:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 19DA043D64 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:24:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arkay@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 28 Feb 2005 06:24:26 -0000 Received: from ip220.28.1411H-CUD12K-01.ish.de (EHLO [192.168.1.102]) (62.143.28.220) by mail.gmx.net (mp002) with SMTP; 28 Feb 2005 07:24:26 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1732206 Message-ID: <4222B915.1070103@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:24:21 -0100 From: Rainer Koschnick User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <25805.1109507962@www41.gmx.net> <20050228021220.GB13696@dragon.nuxi.com> <422289DB.5090408@sdodson.com> <4222A92E.6020500@gmx.net> <84dead72050227215243be0950@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <84dead72050227215243be0950@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-D impossible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:24:29 -0000 Joseph Koshy wrote: >>I could give it a try, yes. This is on a VIA K8T800 chipset. I really >>don't know what could cause this error since the message itself isn't >>very helpful (no device information or anything). > > > A few weeks back I tried 5.3-RELEASE/amd64 on an MSI K8V Neo board with > 512MB RAM and a 40GB Samsung PATA HDD. This board had a Via K8T800 > chipset. > > While the initial install went through without problems, the board failed > the standard test of running "make -jN buildworld". The indications were > of memory corruption under load. Tweaking the relevant BIOS settings > didn't help. That doesn't sound too good then. Well, I tried this 5.3 release dated 30th of January with the same result I got before. I am wondering which chipsets the other amd64 users here are using, there aren't too many choices if nForce4 & K8T800 fail. Unless of course people here are all using MP which I can't afford :) My problem though is that I cannot even get it to install. I have to turn off the USB ports in order to pass the first couple of tests. I made a screenshot at the point where it froze with USB turned off (it doesn't even get to ask for a reboot). With/without APIC, with/without promise controller--all makes no difference. http://www.arkay.de/temp/FreeBSDBoot.gif Anyway, even if I _would_ get to install it my hopes of having a usable system are quite low. Using an i386 build wouldn't make any difference, would it? Cheers, Rainer