From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 04:35:06 2008 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 4AA1B1065696 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:35:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F678FC1A for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:35:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.28]) by QMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SNiA1a0050cZkys56UawPT; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:34:56 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SUb31a00U2P6wsM3WUb4Zb; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:35:05 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=OFoTRIyLsrXYVQHN5qsA:9 a=9_sSGjM2ogvcnFjN3q-a45gm_boA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B476EC9419; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:35:03 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: scuba@centroin.com.br Message-ID: <20081014043503.GB40021@icarus.home.lan> References: <20080909154356.D66065@trex.centroin.com.br> <48C6FBCC.20603@za.verizonbusiness.com> <20081014003842.K46975@trex.centroin.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081014003842.K46975@trex.centroin.com.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Todor Genov <todor.genov@za.verizonbusiness.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 and ESXi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:35:06 -0000 On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:54:26AM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: > 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. Can you please download the 7.1-BETA2 ISO and try it instead? There have been changes to the FreeBSD boot loader between 7.0-RELEASE and 7.1-BETA2 which may improve things for you. The 7.1-BETA2 ISOs are available here: ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.1/ You can see the changes at the below Wiki (see very bottom of page): http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues > It does not happen with i386 version. > Which is the best release to install in this box? Should I go > ahead with i386? If this is going to be a desktop box and uses an nVidia video card, you should stay with i386 (if I remember correctly there are no working amd64 nVidia drivers). This won't allow you to use the full 8GB of RAM you have installed, though, without building a custom kernel with PAE support (and there are known compatibility problems between PAE and certain kernel drivers). It's strongly recommended you stick with amd64 if at all possible. -- | 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 |