From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 10:34:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE461065674 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB8428FC0C for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1C7-0004Eu-VD; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:34:28 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1C7-00053p-9F; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:34:27 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5MAYQXx098065; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:34:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5MAYQJQ098064; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:34:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bris.ac.uk using -f Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:34:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Mike Burrell Message-ID: <20120622103426.GA98040@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Mike Burrell , freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org References: <4FE38863.9020303@wizardlike.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FE38863.9020303@wizardlike.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on zx6000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:34:35 -0000 On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 04:47:31PM -0400, Mike Burrell wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on an HP zx6000 without much success. I've > installed other operating systems on here before (such as Debian) > without difficulty, but I can't get FreeBSD to install properly from the > installation CDs. > > I tried this earlier in the year and people on the FreeBSD forums > suggested that this was a known issue and that using old releases of > FreeBSD might work better. Here's a link to the FreeBSD forum where I > originally asked the question: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=28615 > > I've tried now: > - FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 > - FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE > - FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE > - FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE > > In each case, I've verified the hashes to ensure the discs were > downloaded and burned correctly. I burned the > FreeBSD-x.x-ia64-RELEASE-disc1.iso to CD and booted. What I get each > time is: > > FreeBSD/ia64 EFI boot, Revision 3.1 > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel data=0xfef1f8+0x82710 syms=[0x8+0x0xb1120+0x8+0xa62a9] > \ > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... > Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0x9ffc000000010500... > > At that point, it either hangs indefinitely or does a hard reset after a > few seconds. No matter which version of FreeBSD I try to install, I've > never been able to get past the "Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at ..." > > Has anyone come across this issue before? Any help would be appreciated. Probably not your issue, but make sure you update the firmware: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=82069&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=82067&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=54 (although it looks like HP haven't updated firmware for this box for years.) and reset MP before booting. Resetting MP helped me many times, although I never encountered this particular issue. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423