AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

[jason henson]

Edgar Martinez wrote:

>All,
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>I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I have had trying to get
>this system installed and running. Sysinstall kept throwing up a privilege
>fault kernel error randomly (7sed...4m.7m..etc), and after I go fast enough
>to get lucky to an install complete..the system then spends its time
>periodically rebooting.this is the first venture into AMD64 turf as I
>historically stick with i386.so any pointers.gotchas.tweaks or tips.. please
>let me know..I really don't want to give up, so I want to see what can be
>done to stabilize this.
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>MSI K8T Neo
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>AMD64 3000 w/1MB
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I was just reading the archives this week at freebsd.org and it leads me 
to believe msi make crap boards.  They can not handle tough loads or 
lots of ram.  I think it was in the amd64 list under a heading that 
mentioned 8gig of ram.  There were several developers that just trashed 
there msi boards and all the rest of there hardware worked fine in a new 
board.  You should look it up.