Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:18:30 -0700 (PDT) From: NMH <drumslayer2@yahoo.com> To: emartinez@crockettint.com, questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Message-ID: <20050413191830.60006.qmail@web41822.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050413061042.53D2D378C2@mxc1.crockettint.com>
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--- Edgar Martinez <emartinez@crockettint.com> wrote: > All, > > > > I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I > have had trying to get > this system installed and running. Sysinstall kept > throwing up a privilege > fault kernel error randomly (7sed...4m.7m..etc), and > after I go fast enough > to get lucky to an install complete..the system then > spends its time > periodically rebooting.this is the first venture > into AMD64 turf as I > historically stick with i386.so any > pointers.gotchas.tweaks or tips.. please > let me know..I really don't want to give up, so I > want to see what can be > done to stabilize this. > Unless someone else can vouch for that MB, it can be a suspect as well. While AMD is good, not all MB's for them are. Also ACPI can cause weird stuff like that too. Perhaps try turning that off or try other settings in the BIOS. I had that problem once. It actually did then when ACPI was turned off in the bios. Best of luck. NMH > > MSI K8T Neo > > AMD64 3000 w/1MB > > > > Thanks! > > > > ## SNIP ## > > The Large Print Giveth And The Small Print Taketh Away -- Anon __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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