Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:20:23 -0400 From: jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Message-ID: <425DB747.40506@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20050413061042.53D2D378C2@mxc1.crockettint.com> References: <20050413061042.53D2D378C2@mxc1.crockettint.com>
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Edgar Martinez 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. > > > >MSI K8T Neo > >AMD64 3000 w/1MB > > > > I was just reading the archives this week at freebsd.org and it leads me to believe msi make crap boards. They can not handle tough loads or lots of ram. I think it was in the amd64 list under a heading that mentioned 8gig of ram. There were several developers that just trashed there msi boards and all the rest of there hardware worked fine in a new board. You should look it up.
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