Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:28:09 -0400 From: Eric Innis <E2@lugatgt.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Precision 730 Message-ID: <20040929202809.GA9934@fork.triblock.com> In-Reply-To: <20040928195528.GB5136@dhcp48.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20040928193111.GC16618@fork.triblock.com> <20040928195528.GB5136@dhcp48.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 12:55:28PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > 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, > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ia64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ia64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Ok, sorry about the lack of info, I was hoping someone had already seen this problem. Anywho, the machine is the Dell Precision 730 dual 800mhz Itanium with 133mhz fsb booting to the fBSD cds (5.3, or 5.2.1) gives this output: Loading: CD/DVD ROM/PCI(3|1)/ATA(Primary, Master) Starting: CD/DVD ROM/PCI(3|1)/ATA(Primary, Master) Console: EFI Console Image base: 0x000000007f054000 FreeBSD/ia64 EFI boot, Revision 1.1 (root@pluto1.freebsd.org, Tues Feb 24 00:33:30 GMT 2004) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel data = 0x8df568+0x3b858 syms=[0x8+ox68920+0x8+0x53f8f] Hit [Enter] to boot immediately... Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel] Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0xe000000004058000... _ ^ ^Blinky Cursor >From this point the cursor continues to blink, there is a quick flicker of activity from on the HDD and CDROM, then nothing. I've tried 5.2.1 and 5.3, "boot only" and "CD#1", all have the same result. These are pretty sweet machines and I'd hate to have them running WinXP ... which is the only thing that will boot so far. Any ideas? thanks a million -- E2
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