From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 25 00:59:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D910316A41B for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from morten@lightworkings.dk) Received: from mail.tobocom.net (mail.tobocom.net [89.221.166.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4839213C468 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from morten@lightworkings.dk) Received: from atlantis.local ([212.242.164.125]) by mail.tobocom.net with hMailServer ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:59:01 +0100 Message-ID: <477055D9.6040501@lightworkings.dk> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:59:05 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Morten_Str=E5rup?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4770218F.8020402@lightworkings.dk> <47703F84.4040201@terranova.net> In-Reply-To: <47703F84.4040201@terranova.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: 7.0 BETA4 unstable on MSI AM2 motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:59:10 -0000 Travis Mikalson wrote: > Morten Strårup wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I thought I would write here before I made a problem report. >> >> I've been running 7.0-current since april or so without any >> significant trouble but now I've run into quite a showstopper. >> >> Until now the hardware used has been a Via C7 1,2 GHz mini-itx system >> with 1 GB of RAM. But I've now bought some new hardware for use as a >> fileserver and this new hardware doesn't work very well with 7.0. It >> consists of an AMD BE2400 cpu, an MSI K9N SLI MCP motherboard with an >> Nforce 570 SLI chipset and 4 GB of RAM. >> >> I've run both memtest86 and merseine prime test to make sure that it >> isn't the hardware that is faulty. I've tried changing the memory >> modules but that didn't help. >> >> Other operating systems like Ubuntu Linux 7.10, NetBSD 4.0 and >> Freebsd 6.3 RC1 work just fine, but FreeBSD 7.0 does not. These have >> all been AMD64 versions. I've also tested 8.0-current which doesn't >> work either. I've tested the 7.0 and 8.0 installations with both >> AMD64 and i386 installations and none work. >> >> For the AMD64 versions the errors consist of: >> >> 1. Errors about wrong fileformat when loading shared libraries. >> 2. Errors about missing symbol table. >> 3. Errors about not being able to load /etc/termcap when logging in. >> 4. Errors about relocations when loading shared libraries. >> 5. Errors about init making an error and then dumping me to >> singleuser and then not being able to load sh because of fileformat >> errors. >> >> For the i386 versions the errors start when loading the BTX, where it >> complains about missing acpi modules and then crashes with a list of >> what the cpu registers contain. >> >> The AMD64 errors sometimes also show up when installing the 7.0-BETA4. >> >> Please tell me if you need more information or need me to test >> something to diagnose the problem. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Morten Strårup > > The symptoms sound a bit similar to the HT1000 on-board SATA issues. > > I don't suppose you have a PCI SATA controller you could try out? I > used a cheap Silicon Image 3114 (SiI3114) 32-bit PCI SATA controller > while the HT1000 SATA problems were being worked out. > > A "pciconf -lv" from that system would be helpful if you can manage to > get it. I do have such a controller, so I'll try it out when I get back home, sometime tomorrow. I'll post the results once I have them. -- Kind regards Morten Strårup