Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:39:12 -0800 From: "Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap@amcc.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 5.3 installation problems on EM64T Message-ID: <I7YMTM00.WWT@hadar.amcc.com>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 for amd64/EM64T on a 3ware 9xxx controller, plugged into a Supermicro X6DH8-G motherboard with a single Intel Nocona 800 MHz processor (with EM64T support). Once I boot off the CD (with ACPI disabled -- the system hangs if ACPI is enabled), sysinstall runs fine (the 3ware controller and all its connected devices are detected, and I can do fdisk and disklabel; the CD drive is detected too), until it's time to start copying files from the CD. After the initial "Starting an emergency holographic shell" message, I see the following error: "The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio disc than a FreeBSD releas= e." I have created the installation CD just like I created all my previous ones that worked (downloading the ISO from ftp.freebsd.org and then burning it using Nero). The md5 of the ISO image checks ok. I tried burning the CD on 2 different machines, with the same result. I tried using 2 different CD drives (TSST CDW/DVD TS-H492A/TB02, Sony CD-ROM CDU4821/S0.Q) and it made no difference. On Alt-F2, I see the following: DEBUG: Notify: Copying the boot floppy to /stand on root filesystem /mnt/stand /mnt/stand/etc ... ... ... /mnt/etc/services /mnt/etc/group 23 blocks DEBUG: Generating /etc/fstab file Does anyone know what's going on here? Thanks, Vinod.
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