FreeBSD IA64 5.3/RELEASE on Compaq DL590.

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Feb 9, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Rick Jones wrote:

> Mark J. Nernberg wrote:
>> Has anyone successfully booted IA64 BSD 5.3 on a Compaq DL590 machine?
>> The DL590 is a multiprocessor Itanium machine; we just picked one up, 
>> and
>> I'm having problems booting from the install disk -- all goes OK 
>> until it
>> gets to "Entering Kernel", at which point it freezes, completely.
>> Any help would be most appreciated; if anyone requires more 
>> information to
>> assist, I will gladly provide it.
>
> I've not been following the BSD stuff closely enough to know, but 
> would ask if 5.3 still supports "Merced" systems?

Yes, we still do and I don't see a reason yet to abandon Merced 
completely.
Both the BigSur and the Lion run FreeBSD.

As for the original issue: Are you using a serial console?

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