From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 7 11:38:02 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 172169B569E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 11:38:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5722B4E for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 11:38:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-150-34.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.150.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 588F72537D; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:37:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t77Bbqbe002024; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:37:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 13:37:52 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Quartz Cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: 64bit P4 vs mfsBSD Message-Id: <20150807133752.6dfdc4e7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <55C3D434.6030005@sneakertech.com> References: <55C3D434.6030005@sneakertech.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 11:38:02 -0000 On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:40:04 -0400, Quartz wrote: > ... except it doesn't work. I tried both 10.0 i386 and 10.1 amd64 and > both of them hang. 10.1 amd64 gets to the beastie menu, but regardless > if I select multiboot or single user it gets as far as the white-on-blue > "Booting..." and then just stops. 10.0 i386 seems to die somewhere in > stage two before the menu even appears. Have you tried - for the sake of an answer - to boot from an older FreeBSD system? It's quite terrible that I would make such a suggestion, but P4 is a rather old platform, so why do you expect it to run a current FreeBSD? Normal answer: Because old platforms still run current FreeBSD. But in this case... I've been using a P4 machine myself for many years, it has been running FreeBSD 5 and 7 (i386 versions only) happily. So what I would suggest: Download FreeSBIE 1.1. This is a live file system CD (yes, not a DVD) that can be booted and doesn't require to be installed. Run "dmesg" and see what CPU features are listed (right at the top). You can also run "sysctl -a | grep cpu" to get more information. When you have verified what P4 model it is, you can take the next steps. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...