Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Attila Nagy wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I've already tried something similar. The effect of the patch is this: >> http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-70.png >> >> >> BTW, this: >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200812/8.0-CURRENT-200812-amd64-bootonly.iso >> >> boots up fine (to sysinstall). >> I haven't installed FreeBSD for years (I'm using netboot), is this i386? >> That could explain the situation. > > I'm confused. That link is a snapshot of amd64 -CURRENT from > December. The first email in this thread said you were trying -CURRENT > anmd64 and it wasn't working. > > So, which ones work and which don't? Are we looking at a regression > since December or has this been fixed between whatever image you first > tested and the December snapshot? The screenshots were made with an up to date (at that point of course) 8-CURRENT. But I've tried to boot with the snapshot ISO, which boots fine. Summary: - the original problem: with a fresh pxeloader, the machine halts at this point: http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-6.png - 8-CURRENT, booting with an older pxeloader panics with this: http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-55.png - the 640kB patch panics with this (8-CURRENT, older pxeloader): http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-70.png - with safe mode, I get this (8-CURRENT, older pxeloader, apparently no NICs recognized): http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-78-safemode.png - the December snapshot ISO with CD-ROM redirection boots fine, and it seems the SMAP is OK too: http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-78-fbsd8-amd64-livefs.png According to these, I think my problem is the pxeloader's inability to boot on this machine. An older one can't boot because of the memory-related difference, a newer one can not boot because of another changes, happening in-between. Somebody please help. :) I don't know if there is a version, which can get to the loader prompt AND initialize what need to be initialized correctly to overcome the SMAP-panic.Received on Thu Jan 22 2009 - 12:31:52 UTC
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