From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 30 10:41:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0F916A402 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A8EB13C4A5 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:54500 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HBqQI-0002d2-7P for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:41:10 +0100 Received: (qmail 17920 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2007 11:41:06 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 30 Jan 2007 11:41:06 +0100 Received: (qmail 73973 invoked by uid 1001); 30 Jan 2007 11:41:06 +0100 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:41:06 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: VH-Brody Message-ID: <20070130104106.GA73961@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: VH-Brody , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070130103716.314AA13C4B4@mx1.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070130103716.314AA13C4B4@mx1.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HBqQI-0002d2-7P. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1HBqQI-0002d2-7P 52fa4e952e367150c73710943afb114c Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Image not booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:41:11 -0000 On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 08:30:49AM -0600, VH-Brody wrote: > Hey guys, > > > > I've downloaded multiple copies (from different FTP servers), > 6.2-RELEASE-ia64 and it seems like this particular image doesn't want to > boot up in my system. The i386 and amd64 distro's bootup just fine, but > obviously don't work because system architecture is 64bit Intel. I'm out of > ideas and I've ruled out the system as at fault. > > > > What do you guys think? > I think you are using the wrong image. 6.2-RELEASE-ia64 is for Intel's IA64 architecture, aka Itanium. That is almost certainly not what you have. Use the i386 or amd64 image instead. Intel's latest CPUs all implement the AMD64 architecture (except that Intel calls it EM64T.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se