Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:16:13 +0100 From: Benny Goemans <benny.goemans@belgacom.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Matrixraid on amd64 Message-ID: <200912271316.13720.benny.goemans@belgacom.net> In-Reply-To: <200912262147.VAA29246@sopwith.solgatos.com> References: <200912262147.VAA29246@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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Hi Dieter,
Thanks for your idea.
I've checked if APIC is enabled in the BIOS and it was. As a test I disabled
it to see if it would make any difference. It seems the boot cd can't even
load its kernel correctly and hangs at a certain point.
btw. I'm trying to migrate from i386 8.0-RELEASE to amd64 8.0-RELEASE.
So the good news is that APIC is enabled and that my disks actually show up in
dmesg. The bad news is that sysinstall can't see them.
I might be able to install the amd64 version by hand but I'll reserve that for
later when there is no other solution. I'm a bit worried that I might mess up
the system since I've never done anything like it.
Kind regards,
Benny Goemans
On Saturday 26 December 2009 14:47:32 Dieter wrote:
> i386 vs amd64:
>
> If you're updating from 6.x to 8.x (or even 7.x) amd64 needs either APIC
> turned on in firmware, or a custom kernel with 'device atpic'. Device
> atpic was taken out of amd64 GENERIC in 7.0. :-( On my mainboard this
> resulted in not having any disks available.
>
> sysinstall:
>
> If it is a sysinstall problem, you should be able to install 8.0 by hand.
> Something like
>
> export DESTDIR=/os/new/
> for foo in base doc catpages dict games info manpages ports lib32
> do
> cd ${foo}
> sh ./install.sh
> cd ..
> done
> cd src
> sh ./install.sh all
> cd ../kernels
> sh ./install.sh generic
>
> Then edit files in etc as needed.
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