From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 18:03:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE0316A404 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 18:03:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from domze.sa@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE16E13C4B7 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 18:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from domze.sa@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d23so225330and for ; Tue, 08 May 2007 11:03:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=DWqFnsN1fXSpAYi07VhDu2/wmQ0CBXMyW/YnBrWyzj9bYyFtW4ATGBVwoQ9S/6nolGmhbDuIR8fzBp9a0yhkaZN2ntefwWtZGi5VA1bAHthL1bj5UgRT6JlPRwpf3eUzQGEgDW9TNYTQgMRKcinm8sL01nuFzhQniHL4Z/1dWBU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Z4V4+e0vIRvXdVSRY97B06kPw8YJhHnNCHnRhvUKJuYUBt4+JdzLOd1QuPzIYN9rLcn0KJP/7DLX4inHffL8XuRcsK7KzsayugOxjA3LTx7mXiqJneSPUOp+fMq7fMjmV/NMr4hBGRZOG63cXf6PAB+rVvpzaKK8Bmet7VsNKgc= Received: by 10.100.8.18 with SMTP id 18mr2698412anh.1178647425127; Tue, 08 May 2007 11:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.248.6 with HTTP; Tue, 8 May 2007 11:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <31071b200705081103j28aa501fq3b865881eba90d55@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 14:03:45 -0400 From: "Dominique SA" To: "Gheorghe Ardelean" , freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <31071b200705080754y13c77ef3r27611c16d8603496@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE IA64 on IBM X455 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 18:03:50 -0000 I do not have a cable with me, but i was wondering how could this help? any other alternatives? a rectification, we're actually using EFI 1.1 not 1.2 I researched on the internet, and saw that not a lot of people are using IBM xServers with FreeBSD. Is FreeBSD not compatible with such servers? On 5/8/07, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > On Tue, 8 May 2007, Dominique SA wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 62-RELEASE IA64 version on an IBM x455 and > it > > doesn't get past this stage: (note these lines were taken from another > > thread, but the numbers and date differ) > > > > FreeBSD/ia64 EFI boot, Revision 1.2 > > (root at pluto1.freebsd.org > > , Tue Apr 10 > > 20:52:15 UTC 2007) > > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > > /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x9ff728 data=0x9b260+0x4cec8 > > syms=[0x8+0x7ad30+0x8+0x67ace] > > / > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... > > Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0xe000000004068000... > > Could you hook-up a serial console to it and see if it does not goes > further? > > Regards, > > Johny. > >