From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 24 23:23:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC3F16A417 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:23:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bofh@terranova.net) Received: from tog.net (tog.net [216.89.226.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E4C13C455 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:23:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bofh@terranova.net) Received: from [216.89.228.170] (host-216-89-228-170.wireless.terranova.net [216.89.228.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tog.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3258A29B5FA for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:23:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47703F84.4040201@terranova.net> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:23:48 -0500 From: Travis Mikalson Organization: TerraNovaNet Internet Services User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4770218F.8020402@lightworkings.dk> In-Reply-To: <4770218F.8020402@lightworkings.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: 7.0 BETA4 unstable on MSI AM2 motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:23:50 -0000 Morten Strårup wrote: > Hi! > > I thought I would write here before I made a problem report. > > I've been running 7.0-current since april or so without any significant > trouble but now I've run into quite a showstopper. > > Until now the hardware used has been a Via C7 1,2 GHz mini-itx system > with 1 GB of RAM. But I've now bought some new hardware for use as a > fileserver and this new hardware doesn't work very well with 7.0. It > consists of an AMD BE2400 cpu, an MSI K9N SLI MCP motherboard with an > Nforce 570 SLI chipset and 4 GB of RAM. > > I've run both memtest86 and merseine prime test to make sure that it > isn't the hardware that is faulty. I've tried changing the memory > modules but that didn't help. > > Other operating systems like Ubuntu Linux 7.10, NetBSD 4.0 and Freebsd > 6.3 RC1 work just fine, but FreeBSD 7.0 does not. These have all been > AMD64 versions. I've also tested 8.0-current which doesn't work either. > I've tested the 7.0 and 8.0 installations with both AMD64 and i386 > installations and none work. > > For the AMD64 versions the errors consist of: > > 1. Errors about wrong fileformat when loading shared libraries. > 2. Errors about missing symbol table. > 3. Errors about not being able to load /etc/termcap when logging in. > 4. Errors about relocations when loading shared libraries. > 5. Errors about init making an error and then dumping me to singleuser > and then not being able to load sh because of fileformat errors. > > For the i386 versions the errors start when loading the BTX, where it > complains about missing acpi modules and then crashes with a list of > what the cpu registers contain. > > The AMD64 errors sometimes also show up when installing the 7.0-BETA4. > > Please tell me if you need more information or need me to test something > to diagnose the problem. > > Kind regards > > Morten Strårup The symptoms sound a bit similar to the HT1000 on-board SATA issues. I don't suppose you have a PCI SATA controller you could try out? I used a cheap Silicon Image 3114 (SiI3114) 32-bit PCI SATA controller while the HT1000 SATA problems were being worked out. A "pciconf -lv" from that system would be helpful if you can manage to get it. -- TerraNovaNet Internet Services - Key Largo, FL Voice: (305)453-4011 x101 Fax: (305)451-5991 http://www.terranova.net/ ---------------------------------------------- Life's not fair, but the root password helps.