From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 31 17:37:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A50916A533 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:37:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tdp@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net) Received: from mail.eng.mstarmetro.net (mail.eng.mstarmetro.net [66.97.139.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8865743D73 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:36:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tdp@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net) Received: from tdp by mail.eng.mstarmetro.net with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GexWu-000OuS-4y; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:36:04 -0700 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:36:04 -0700 From: Travis Pugh To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20061031173604.GD67053@mail.eng.mstarmetro.net> References: <45423B3B.2080703@eng.mstarmetro.net> <185DC54D-A21E-4584-82D3-55608DBBE704@khera.org> <20061031114553.ef730ec0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061031114553.ef730ec0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: TDP Cc: Vivek Khera , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: AMD64 Stable fails to boot on Dell PowerEdge 1950 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:37:00 -0000 I've had no difficulty with 1950/2950 installs, as long as the disk controller is the PERC 5/I. I don't know if this holds for Vivek's experience as well. However, with the SAS5 controller (LSILogic SAS) AMD64 won't boot without either: - ACPI / APIC disabled, killing SMP - Any BCE interfaces disabled in BIOS -travis On 31/10/06 11:45 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: >In response to Vivek Khera : > >> >> On Oct 27, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Travis Pugh wrote: >> >> > Is there something I'm missing with regards to ACPI on the AMD64 >> > platform? I've read here that i386 boots fine on the same hardware. >> >> I have one piece of dell equipment which insists on disabling ACPI >> timer and then everything works. Disabling ACPI totally seems >> undesirable under normal circumstances. > >I've done multiple installs of 6-STABLE on a 1950 without problems. >One of them was used to create a custom install CD that I'm using today >to install on several others. Haven't had to tweak anything at all >in the BIOS. > >I missed the start of this thread. Did you give any more hardware >details? > >-- >Bill Moran >Collaborative Fusion Inc. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"