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Date:      Fri, 19 May 2006 14:24:34 -0700
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Release 6.1 ia64 on Dell 2800
Message-ID:  <200605191424.34517.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <446DF32C.9080604@hp.com>
References:  <740109F1ED7BA14EB02307DEF26487AB0580EA81@ZABRYSVISEX04.af.didata.local> <446DF32C.9080604@hp.com>

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On Friday 19 May 2006 09:32, Rick Jones wrote:
> Vikash Badal wrote:
> > Can anyone help me ?
> >
> > I am trying to install Release 6.1 IA64 on a DELL 2800.
> >
> > The install cd just hangs, no boot loader init or anything else.
> >
> > The server :
> > 2 x 64-bit Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.8GHz, 800MHz front side bus, 2MB L2
> > cache 16GB Ram
> > CHIPSET : Intel E7520
>
> Given that IA64 is for Itanium CPUs, and you've said that the system has
> Xeons, I suppose that shouldn't be a surprise?-)
>
> > The i386 version boots but only sees 8 GB of RAM.

It should only see 4 unless you build a PAE kernel.

> is there an EM64T version of FreeBSD?

FreeBSD/amd64 supports both amd64 and em64t CPUs in 64-bit mode.

-- 
John Baldwin



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