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"Marc Lörner" loerner at gmx.de
Thu Nov 10 12:10:44 UTC 2011


>On Nov 2, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Marc Lörner wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have an issue on booting install disc1 for RC1, too.
>> 
>> After following output is hangs:
>> 
>> FreeBSD/ia64 EFI boot, Revision 3.1
>> can't open '/boot/screen.4th': no such file or directory
>> 
>> Marcel, did you test the new isos? 
>> It seems all the files are included in the CD's root "/boot" directory,
>> but not in the bootable-partition.
>
>Hi Marc,
>
>I didn't test last time, because there was a release build
>failure (process error) and I had to scramble to get the
>RC1 out in time.
>
>I fixed the issue; it's committed to head, so I'll incorporate
>it in the release.
>
>What I ran into is that the kernel doesn't seem to boot on an
>old rx2600 (McKinley). I'm getting machine checks. It's not
>caused by the loader or anything, because I can boot from CD
>and manually boot an existing kernel. It looks like there's a
>problem with the GENERIC kernel. I'm looking into that right
>now.

Hello Marcel,
your problem maybe is related to ia64/147772 and the use of 
ptg.ga in pmap_invalidate_page of GENERIC kernel.

Just my 2 cents,
Marc

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