From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 21:25:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3AFE16A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:25:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90FF743D48 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:25:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from [192.168.4.250] (dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.250]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j19LPmGQ068632; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:25:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:25:47 -0800 To: m X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD IA64 5.3/RELEASE on Compaq DL590. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:25:48 -0000 On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:41 AM, m wrote: >> From: Rick Jones >> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 10:20:09 -0800 >> To: "Mark J. Nernberg" >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD IA64 5.3/RELEASE on Compaq DL590. >> >> Mark J. Nernberg wrote: >>> Has anyone successfully booted IA64 BSD 5.3 on a Compaq DL590 >>> machine? >>> >>> The DL590 is a multiprocessor Itanium machine; we just picked one >>> up, and >>> I'm having problems booting from the install disk -- all goes OK >>> until it >>> gets to "Entering Kernel", at which point it freezes, completely. >>> >>> Any help would be most appreciated; if anyone requires more >>> information to >>> assist, I will gladly provide it. >> >> I've not been following the BSD stuff closely enough to know, but >> would ask if >> 5.3 still supports "Merced" systems? IIRC the DL590 was a Merced >> system - aka >> Itanium1. While it might be of academic interest, a Merced system >> isn't >> really >> one of the best places to be for IA64. An Itanium2-based system >> would likely >> be >> a much better place if you want to get a feel for what Itanium is >> like. > > The DL590 is a Merced system. > > Any ideas what other BSD/UNIX OS will run on this platform? Among the BSDs, only FreeBSD runs on it AFAICT. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net