15 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-amd64FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Rainer Koschnick | Feb 27, 2005 12:39 pm | |
| David O'Brien | Feb 28, 2005 5:22 am | |
| Scott Dodson | Feb 28, 2005 5:41 am | |
| Rainer Koschnick | Feb 28, 2005 7:45 am | |
| Joseph Koshy | Feb 28, 2005 8:03 am | |
| Rainer Koschnick | Feb 28, 2005 8:04 am | |
| Joseph Koshy | Feb 28, 2005 8:07 am | |
| Rainer Koschnick | Feb 28, 2005 8:14 am | |
| Roman Neuhauser | Feb 28, 2005 8:39 am | |
| Joseph Koshy | Feb 28, 2005 8:57 am | |
| David O'Brien | Feb 28, 2005 9:01 am | |
| David O'Brien | Feb 28, 2005 9:06 am | |
| Roman Neuhauser | Feb 28, 2005 9:09 am | |
| Rainer Koschnick | Feb 28, 2005 5:12 pm | |
| David O'Brien | Feb 28, 2005 7:48 pm |
| Subject: | FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-D impossible? | |
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| From: | Rainer Koschnick (ark...@gmx.net) | |
| Date: | Feb 28, 2005 8:04:15 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-amd64 | |
Joseph Koshy wrote:
I could give it a try, yes. This is on a VIA K8T800 chipset. I really don't know what could cause this error since the message itself isn't very helpful (no device information or anything).
A few weeks back I tried 5.3-RELEASE/amd64 on an MSI K8V Neo board with 512MB RAM and a 40GB Samsung PATA HDD. This board had a Via K8T800 chipset.
While the initial install went through without problems, the board failed the standard test of running "make -jN buildworld". The indications were of memory corruption under load. Tweaking the relevant BIOS settings didn't help.
That doesn't sound too good then. Well, I tried this 5.3 release dated 30th of January with the same result I got before. I am wondering which chipsets the other amd64 users here are using, there aren't too many choices if nForce4 & K8T800 fail. Unless of course people here are all using MP which I can't afford :)
My problem though is that I cannot even get it to install. I have to turn off the USB ports in order to pass the first couple of tests.
I made a screenshot at the point where it froze with USB turned off (it doesn't even get to ask for a reboot). With/without APIC, with/without promise controller--all makes no difference.
http://www.arkay.de/temp/FreeBSDBoot.gif
Anyway, even if I _would_ get to install it my hopes of having a usable system are quite low.
Using an i386 build wouldn't make any difference, would it?
Cheers, Rainer