Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 18:10:28 GMT From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> To: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ia64/72128: 5.3-beta6 doesn't boot Message-ID: <200410091810.i99IASx8048135@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ia64/72128; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> To: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@freebsd.org>, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ia64/72128: 5.3-beta6 doesn't boot Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:01:33 +0200 On Fri, Oct 08 2004, Arun Sharma wrote: > On 10/7/2004 11:02 PM, Mark Linimon wrote: > > >This may be processor-specific. > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=72128 > > I just tested that the 5.3-beta7 works fine on a 4 way Tiger with 1GB RAM. > I don't think there have been critical bug fixes between beta6 and beta7 > that affect the tiger. Also, on a 4GB machine, FreeBSD ignores RAM above > 1GB. > > Jens, were you using a serial console ? FreeBSD doesn't support a VGA > console yet on ia64. I am. I did attach a monitor as well for testing since I didn't know if freebsd utilized the serial console automatically. I since looked at the boot loader config and saw that it did and the config was correct. -- Jens Axboe
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