From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 21:39:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F1E16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:39:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hadar.amcc.com (hadar.amcc.com [192.195.69.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8712243D55 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:39:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vkashyap@amcc.com) Received: from mailhost02.amcc.com ([192.195.69.49]) by hadar.amcc.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id I7YMTM00.WWT for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:39:22 -0800 Received: (from vkashyap-pc [10.66.6.61]) by mailhost02.amcc.com (SMSSMTP 4.0.0.59) with SMTP id M2004112913414502816 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:41:45 -0800 From: "Vinod Kashyap" To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:39:12 -0800 X-Sent-Folder-Path: Sent Items X-Mailer: Oracle Connector for Outlook 9.0.4 51114 (9.0.6627) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: Subject: FreeBSD 5.3 installation problems on EM64T X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:39:18 -0000 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.