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Date:      Wed, 13 Apr 2005 03:23:04 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Edgar Martinez <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:  <20050413102304.GB57881@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050413061042.53D2D378C2@mxc1.crockettint.com>
References:  <20050413061042.53D2D378C2@mxc1.crockettint.com>

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 01:10:42AM -0500, Edgar Martinez wrote:
> All,
>=20
> =20
>=20
> 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 enou=
gh
> 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.. ple=
ase
> let me know..I really don't want to give up, so I want to see what can be
> done to stabilize this.

Sounds like the usual bad hardware story..check RAM, power supply, CPU
cooling, cabling, etc.

kris

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