Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:34:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Mike Burrell <mike@wizardlike.ca> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on zx6000 Message-ID: <20120622103426.GA98040@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <4FE38863.9020303@wizardlike.ca> References: <4FE38863.9020303@wizardlike.ca>
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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
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