Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:52:29 -0600 From: "James R. Van Artsalen" <james@jrv.org> To: Vinod Kashyap <vkashyap@amcc.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 installation problems on EM64T Message-ID: <41AB9A1D.9010501@jrv.org> In-Reply-To: <I7YMTM00.WWT@hadar.amcc.com> References: <I7YMTM00.WWT@hadar.amcc.com>
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How much memory do you have? Are those ATAPI CD drives? The firmware that shipped with the twa/9xxx board I bought ~ 2weeks ago would hang under load after a few hours. The firmware version below has been running under load, with 4GB, for about a week: --- Nov 26 23:17:32 kernel: twa0: 12 ports, Firmware FE9X 2.02.00.012, BIOS BE9X 2.02.01.037 Vinod Kashyap wrote: >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 release." > >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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