Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:24:44 +0100 (CET) From: Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk> To: Stefan Cars <stefan@snowfall.se>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot / Install freeze with Dell PE1850 5.3 and amd64 Message-ID: <20050122202444.2290.qmail@web26808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <41F2AA80.3030408@snowfall.se>
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> The troubling machine is a Dell 1850 with 2x2.8GHZ > Noncona, 4GB of RAM > The working machine is a Dell 1850 with 2.2.8GHZ > Noncona, 1GB of RAM, > which installs fine with amd64. > > It hangs initializing the ATA CD-ROMs: Had the same problem with a Dell 2850 and 4 GB RAM. Found the following hints on freebsd.org: 1. Press 6 to enter boot prompt. 2. Type 'set hw.physmem="2G" 3. Enter boot to boot :D 4. Cvsup to latest 5.3-stable by adding *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 to your sup-file 5. Rebuild world and kernel as normal. 6. Reboot. This made my Dell 2850 work without hw.physmem. If you need to reboot before you have installed new world/kernel don't forget to enter ph.physmem again. Important that the cvs tag is *not* RELENG_5_3. HTH Claus
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