Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:39:57 +0200 From: Xander Damen <xdamen@sci.kun.nl> To: Niels Piersma <niels@piersma.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? Message-ID: <000a01c49c0b$cd7e0d20$0200000a@bavaria> References: <BCCBA5EE241EC84081AEF0C71B99DCE50CC6BC@icarus.piersma.local>
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Don't know if it is exactly the same problem, but when I tried to boot 5.x on the IBM Netfinity 5100, it would hang. When I disabled acpi in the kernel it did boot. Xander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niels Piersma" <niels@piersma.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday 16 September 2004 17:47 Subject: RE: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x? 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. 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 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 streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386 NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so better new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3 single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in place. I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty 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. _______________________________________________ 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"
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