From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 15 22:20:24 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 E4F8916A46C for ; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:20:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B3713C468; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:20:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <473CC62A.70300@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:20:26 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Staudinger References: <1134a9e0711141440w49740a0dvf9d73e06ba122eca@mail.gmail.com> <473B8062.8030508@FreeBSD.org> <1134a9e0711150816s51b88f37uf73b3f9ac0f10267@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1134a9e0711150816s51b88f37uf73b3f9ac0f10267@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:20:25 -0000 Mark Staudinger wrote: > On 11/14/07, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Mark Staudinger wrote: >>> 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 6.2Rfor >>> 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 >> Sounds like you might have a corrupted installation. Did you verify the >> MD5 checksum on the ISO images? >> >>> Has anyone successfully used 7.0-Beta2 for i386 on AMD Opteron-based >>> platform? Any suggestions for tracking >>> down the problem? >> Yes, it works on mine. >> >> Kris >> >> > I just compared the md5 sum and they match. Considering that I used 2 > different CD sources, > as well as a source update, all with similar results, it would seem unlikely > that a corrupted file/image > could be at fault. And of course, the same hard CD can be used to install > to an Intel-based machine > with no failures. > > I've tried 3 different MB/ CPU combinations. All are Supermicro-branded, > and all have the HT1000 > ServerWorks chipset. I've just found Jeff Robertson's post: > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071109114636.Y639 > > Perhaps he can confirm the behavior. In the meantime I will try the patch > posted by John Baldwin > yesterday on -current, and test that with both IDE and MMIO modes. Yes, that sounds likely. Thanks for trying the patch. Kris