From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 14 23:06:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA6916A420 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mstaudinger@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C1313C474 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:05:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mstaudinger@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so3216938pyb for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:05:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=VIf97DXs3ZjjhMlcUGF/8izg3sEBNiuqAVidrsedF9M=; b=ZSBbPCi/SAz7VQTdXSjpMM2WxR5vcHais3UqYjnQEOuKKMVu63t9+4sUzaYh5KJoS3QVpgsC6iJxcT/7Ju6Kf/x6czeEN3PL5orX7b9uqI6p2QOY0ibQ9YzUTjSzon9fniJeFGqSqyXL3S68Db3djGSMOWKFM8O/sfwenmjKY+U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=JkA3tqfJFdsjiQAxWuXEtNaYGfh80/3pGqlSGTEj2pQZjXC+3KDCBb1H6VD6/1+aACmPCS2nglQ/aDCI5Wp8Y/2oJx2pgRs43EXHhe6M3zyogFkY4FBxnFQ/UWyMkS3TwpegJX6XuWFoSeeVaE0Hg5DCd4DofvtWt2PlzUnpI7g= Received: by 10.35.82.16 with SMTP id j16mr9333007pyl.1195080047704; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:40:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.35.96.14 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:40:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1134a9e0711141440w49740a0dvf9d73e06ba122eca@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:40:47 -0500 From: "Mark Staudinger" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: FreeBSD-7.0-Beta2 (i386) on Opteron? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:06:00 -0000 I wasn't sure if -questions or -current was the right group, but I searched both before posting. I'm trying to begin testing FreeBSD-7.0-Beta2, and I have a mixture of Intel and AMD-based machines that I work with. I'm using the i386 release. I've previously used FreeBSD-4.9R and 6.2R for i386 on these machines, but cannot get 7.0-Beta2 to work on the AMD machines. These are 100- and 1000-series dual-core Opteron CPUs. I've tried: Updating using source from 6.2-Release Installing from 7.0-Beta2 CD Installing from 7.0-CURRENT-200710-i386 snapshot CD I see a variety of errors, including: 1) BTX Halted 2) errors when running /bin/sh from /etc/rc /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 Undefined symbol "opterr" referenced from COPY relocation in sh /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 Invalid file format (on multiple binaries) various other "undefined symbol" messages signal 10, signal 11 on multiple binaries I've tried both uni-processor and SMP kernels, as well as the GENERIC kernel supplied with the base installation. I've also tried disabling ACPI. There's no "one error condition" that I can identify, it seems to change each time I boot, it's quite erratic, and most errors don't result in a panic. I have of course tested multiple pieces of hardware, and I've also performed the install on an Intel-based machine and then moved the disk to the AMD. In all cases, I encountered failures immediately upon running a few small commands (assuming the login prompt even appears). Has anyone successfully used 7.0-Beta2 for i386 on AMD Opteron-based platform? Any suggestions for tracking down the problem? Thanks! -ms