Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:13:00 +0000 From: alan barrow <alan.barrow@psinet.telstra.co.uk> To: Alan Jay <alan_jay_uk@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 AMD64 on Tyan S2882 Thunder K86 Message-ID: <41F9F40C.8050509@psinet.telstra.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050127223131.EF6F354821@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk> References: <20050127223131.EF6F354821@buxton.digitalspy.co.uk>
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We run these with 2 GB and adaptec 2120s controllers. We do cut the BIOS down by turning off all USB and have no issues. yours a.r.b. Alan Jay wrote: >I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 AMD64 on twin Operton with 8Gb RAM using >Tyan S2882 Thunder K86 motherboard and LSI MegaRAID SCSI controller. > > > >Almost every time I try to install at some point in the process I get some >kind of panic usually: > > > >Panic: ufs_dirbad: bad dir > > > >But also had > > > >Panic ufs_dstrib > > > >Panic vm_fault:fault on no fault entry > > > >Looking around there seemed to be some discussion about the use of use of >various BIOS settings away from the defaults such as the MTTR (change from >Continuous to Discrete) and altering the memory config to AUTO. > > >And finally I wonder if for a server the ACPI settings for power saving need >to be altered or switched off. > > > >Or does 5.3 just not like all this memory :-( > > > >I did once manage to complete the install but then had other problems and had >to start again so there doesn't seem to be any consistency. It seems to fall >over at various points in the process from early on to way into the ports >install. > > > >Trying to work out if is a memory problem / BIOS issue or something to do with >the configuration of the LSI MegaRAID controller. > > > >Any ideas tips or thoughts would be very gratefully received. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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