From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 2 17:40:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B89A416A40F for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:40:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from angie@alphabox.net) Received: from p15125203.pureserver.info (p15125203.pureserver.info [217.160.182.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53F243D6A for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:40:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from angie@alphabox.net) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (85-210-181-189.dsl.pipex.com [85.210.181.189]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by p15125203.pureserver.info (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id kA2HeGi17219 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:40:16 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1B6DFE5B-A4D4-48B8-AD72-4256A2462804@alphabox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org From: Angie Ahl Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:40:14 +0000 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Subject: FreeBSD 6.1 problems on AMD64 Athlon 3800 - crashes from day 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:40:19 -0000 Hi freebsd 64 bit users. I've just got a new server at a new ISP. AMD64 Athlon 3800+ 1024MB Kingston RAM 160GB SATA Western Digital Drive They've got good prices but are having a hell of a time getting FreeBSD running on their AMD64 Athlons. My server's one of the first they've tried to install I think and it's currently under no load at all, ie nothing pointed domain wise to it. They're bundling DirectAdmin with the servers and it doesn't run in 64 bit mode so they've set the machines up in 32 bit mode. From day 1 it's been crashing. First it was some dodgy ram, after that was sorted we still had crashes so they changed the mother board. They've tried Asus and and Asrock and for a while today it looked OK. Then suddenly I was getting complaints when trying to install ports. eg: checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check Strangely a restart of the machine seemed to clear these errors. I basically tried to get all of the ports I'm using right up to date and nearly got there, another cpp fails sanity check error occurred so I issued a restart using shutdown -r now and the box didn't come back up. They tried booting from remote reboot system and no joy so now the tech's back inside trying to figure out what's wrong. I'm no FreeBSD expert but I'm going to keep reading until I get there so if there's anyone out there who's got a clue what could be wrong and point me at what to google for I'd be really appreciative. It's a good spec of machine at a decent price and so far my research is telling me to go to Centos... I REALLY don't want to do that. I may be no FreeBSD expert but I like it... a lot. I'm waiting for some answers to exactly what chipsets on the motherboard etc. Is there anything I should really check for if/when I can get back into the box. Thanks very very much Angie