Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:16:01 -0500 From: Alex Mayfield <alexmayfield@carolina.rr.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't seem to boot from 6.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <43FE9691.1050502@carolina.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <43FD9A34.7030401@dial.pipex.com> References: <op.s5d5avt8jg5zmp@alexmax.carolina.rr.com> <ef10de9a0602230145q628bfe99y59e02850675519eb@mail.gmail.com> <43FD9A34.7030401@dial.pipex.com>
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Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> Your not using the right install CDs. You have an AMD 64-Bit chip so >> you can't (AFAIK) use the I386 Release. Maybe there is a setting in >> the BIOS for I386 compat, I have no experience with AMD's 64-Bit chips >> so this is just a guess. Or try disabling ACPI and everything else in >> the BIOS etc... That's the price you pay for being an early adopter, >> you don't need nvidia gfx for an Opteron server. >> >> > This is not correct. An i386 version of FreeBSD runs just dandy on > 64-bit Athlons (or 64 bit Intel for that matter) even if this release is > failing on this specific system. All current 64-bit "PC" processors are > backwards compatible with i386. > > I would try the i386 6.1 PRERELEASE CD, the 5.4 RELEASE and the 5.5 > PRERELEASE in order and see if any of them worked. Or try limiting your > google by including the sis 754 and see if finds any help. There are > mentions of 754 problems being fixed in 6-STABLE but I didn't look > closely enough to know if they would help you. > > --Alex > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I have tried both the 6.1 and 5.4 CD's, both of them bombing at the exact same point the 6.0 boot failed. I'll try 5.5 sometime tomorrow, though I kinda doubt it would make a difference. Is there anything else I can try? -Alex
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