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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:55:28 -0700
From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To: Eric Innis <E2@fork.triblock.com>
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 03:31:11PM -0400, Eric Innis wrote:
> Howdy, I'm trying to get freeBSD onto a Dell Precision 730 (dual Itanium).
> The bootloader fires up fine, but the machine stalls after entering the kernel.
> Has anyone had success with these machines or have a suggestion for debugging?

Use a serial console and capture the output. You need to be way more
descriptive than telling us the kernel "stalls" if you want us to be
of any help.

FYI,

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