From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 16 15:47:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595EF16A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:47:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD0A43D46 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:47:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from niels@piersma.com) Received: from mail.piersma.com (pmail.xs4all.nl [80.126.77.167]) i8GFlXcL017192 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:47:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from niels@piersma.com) Received: from piersma.com (icarus.piersma.local [172.16.32.8]) by mail.piersma.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8GFlNvF009974 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:47:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from niels@piersma.com) Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:47:23 +0200 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? thread-index: AcScAuKsbDUh1N6oTZm7ghhQFfHWGgAAU1+w From: "Niels Piersma" To: X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on mail.piersma.com Subject: RE: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:47:36 -0000 Jim, I have the same problem. Even after BIOS upgrades etc. it didn't want to boot. (endless screens of dumps). In the end I reverted back to FreeBSD 4.10.=20 I can confirm this problem occurs on SINGLE processor x225 machines. %Niels -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 17:38 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable but=20 right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless=20 streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters=20 of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader.=20 Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386=20 NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so better=20 new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of=20 FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3=20 single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in place.=20 I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty=20 processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon. -Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Piersma.COM is een handelsnaam van Piersma Beheer B.V. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for = the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not = disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender = immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and = delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be = guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be = intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or = contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any = errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a = result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please = request a hard-copy version. =20