From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 21:52:32 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 B064B16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:52:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.jrv.org (rrcs-24-73-246-106.sw.biz.rr.com [24.73.246.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60F8743D69 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:52:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james@jrv.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (zippy.housenet.jrv [192.168.3.156]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.jrv.org (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iATLqTs7023863; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:52:30 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from james@jrv.org) Message-ID: <41AB9A1D.9010501@jrv.org> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:52:29 -0600 From: "James R. Van Artsalen" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vinod Kashyap References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 21:52:32 -0000 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. > >