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Subject: Re: Release 6.1 ia64 on Dell 2800
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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.

is there an EM64T version of FreeBSD?

rick jones