From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 04:29:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B544A1065688 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:29:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989348FC12 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:29:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.19]) by QMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ST6Z1a0080QkzPwA6UVnjJ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:29:47 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SUVm1a0022P6wsM8NUVmot; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:29:47 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=n4zk9-YIr9TEIBfGGDQA:9 a=WPIXPOQ9N3eaYDQaa_Qo3rPWA4IA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 61E0EC9419; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:29:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:29:46 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Brian Message-ID: <20081014042946.GA40021@icarus.home.lan> References: <20080909154356.D66065@trex.centroin.com.br> <48C6FBCC.20603@za.verizonbusiness.com> <20081014003842.K46975@trex.centroin.com.br> <48F418C8.60807@brianwhalen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48F418C8.60807@brianwhalen.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 and ESXi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:29:48 -0000 On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:58:00PM -0700, Brian wrote: > scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm facing some problems trying to install a FreeBSD >> 7.0-RELEASE-amd64, on a Dell PE 2950III, dual Xeon Quad core, 8GB RAM. >> After (FBSD) boot menu count down, it shows a dump of the CPU >> registers and a message: BTX Halted. No matter what is changed in VM >> setup. >> It does not happen with i386 version. >> Which is the best release to install in this box? Should I go ahead >> with i386? >> >> Thank you, > > > With 8 gigs of ram that really isn't an option, 4 gigs or more requires > a 64 bit OS. Well he already tried amd64 and received a panic in the bootloader. :-) I think I know what might be causing that. Also, he does have the option of using i386 PAE to address more memory while in x86 mode, but ideally he should be running amd64. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |