Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:34:21 +0100 From: "Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-smp@epcdirect.co.uk> To: "'Claus Guttesen'" <cguttesen@yahoo.dk>, <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: unable to install beta6 [amd64] on Dell 2850 with 4 GB RAM,workaround Message-ID: <20040928133422.95A3567952@gunfright.epcdirect.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040928132738.46098.qmail@web14106.mail.yahoo.com>
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Does the amd64 port have support for em64t then? > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Claus Guttesen > Sent: 28 September 2004 14:28 > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org; freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org > Subject: unable to install beta6 [amd64] on Dell 2850 with 4 > GB RAM,workaround > > Apoligies for crossposting, but ... > > Was unable to install the amd64-port on a Dell 2850 > with a Perc 4e/Di RAID-controller and dual Nocona at > 3.2 GHz. The server has 4 GB RAM. As a last resort I > removed 2 GB RAM, and I was (finally) able to install > FreeBSD. > > Applies to at least beta5 and -6. > > I was under the impression tha the amd64-port could > see the 4 GB RAM as a flat memory space, so it never > occured to me, than I had to remove 2 GB in order to > perform the installation. > > Putting the RAM back makes the server stop during boot > (after it detects the CD-drive). > > Claus > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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