FreeBSD 5.3 installation problems on EM64T

[Vinod Kashyap]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James R. Van Artsalen [mailto:james at jrv.org]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:52 PM
> To: Vinod Kashyap
> Cc: freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 installation problems on EM64T
> 
> 
> How much memory do you have?  Are those ATAPI CD drives?
> 

I had 6 GB all along, and was just trying 2 GB.  Well, the
installation went through!!  I am surprised that the error
resulting out of more memory in the system looks as bizarre as:
"The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio disc than a 
FreeBSD release."  Thanks for the help!  ACPI still doesn't work
though.

And yes, both are ATAPI/IDE CDROM drives.

> The firmware that shipped with the twa/9xxx board I bought ~ 
> 2weeks ago 
> would hang under load after a few hours.  The firmware 
> version below has 
> been running under load, with 4GB, for about a week:
> 

What versions of the driver/firmware were you using?  You might
want to contact 3ware support if you have problems.


> --- Nov 26 23:17:32  kernel: twa0: 12 ports, Firmware FE9X 
> 2.02.00.012, 
> BIOS BE9X 2.02.01.037
> 

These are the versions I am using...



> Vinod Kashyap wrote:
> 
> >I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 for amd64/EM64T on a
> >3ware 9xxx controller, plugged into a Supermicro X6DH8-G
> >motherboard with a single Intel Nocona 800 MHz processor
> >(with EM64T support).
> >
> >Once I boot off the CD (with ACPI disabled -- the system hangs
> >if ACPI is enabled), sysinstall runs fine (the 3ware controller
> >and all its connected devices are detected, and I can do fdisk
> >and disklabel; the CD drive is detected too), until it's 
> time to start
> >copying files from the CD.  After the initial "Starting an emergency
> >holographic shell" message, I see the following error:
> >"The disc in your drive looks more like an Audio disc than a 
> FreeBSD release."
> >
> >I have created the installation CD just like I created all 
> my previous
> >ones that worked (downloading the ISO from ftp.freebsd.org and then
> >burning it using Nero).  The md5 of the ISO image checks ok.  I tried
> >burning the CD on 2 different machines, with the same 
> result.  I tried
> >using 2 different CD drives (TSST CDW/DVD TS-H492A/TB02,
> >Sony CD-ROM CDU4821/S0.Q) and it made no difference.
> >
> >On Alt-F2, I see the following:
> >DEBUG: Notify: Copying the boot floppy to /stand on root filesystem
> >/mnt/stand
> >/mnt/stand/etc
> >...
> >...
> >...
> >/mnt/etc/services
> >/mnt/etc/group
> >23 blocks
> >DEBUG: Generating /etc/fstab file
> >
> >Does anyone know what's going on here?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Vinod.
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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