Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:49:15 +0100 From: Stefan Cars <stefan@snowfall.se> To: Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot / Install freeze with Dell PE1850 5.3 and amd64 Message-ID: <41F2BC4B.3060901@snowfall.se> In-Reply-To: <20050122202444.2290.qmail@web26808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20050122202444.2290.qmail@web26808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Hi! Thanks very much, is RELENG_5 very stable then ? Is it recommended do use on RELENG_5 on a production system, not RELENG_5_3 ? Kind Regards, Stefan Crs Claus Guttesen wrote: >>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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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