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jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org

2004-Sep-16 08:35 UTC

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable but 
right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the 
install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless 
streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters 
of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. 

Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386 
NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so better 
new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of 
FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3 
single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in place. 
I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty 
processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon.

-Jim

Niels Piersma

2004-Sep-16 08:47 UTC

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IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

Jim,

I have the same problem. Even after BIOS upgrades etc. it didn't want to
boot. (endless screens of dumps). In the end I reverted back to FreeBSD
4.10. 

I can confirm this problem occurs on SINGLE processor x225 machines.

%Niels


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of
jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org
Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 17:38
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable
but 
right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the

install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem -
endless 
streams of what look like register states, seperated by single
characters 
of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. 

Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386 
NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so
better 
new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of 
FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3 
single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in
place. 
I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty 
processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon.

-Jim
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Vivek Khera

2004-Sep-16 10:58 UTC

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On Sep 16, 2004, at 11:37 AM, jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org wrote:
> I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable 
> but
> right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from 
> the
> install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - 
> endless
> streams of what look like register states, seperated by single 
> characters
> of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader.
>
Does  it look like what I just submitted in 
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=71800

I'm on a generic system with an AMD Duron 850MHz processor.  This has 
only happend to me on BETA3 (just cvsup'd to BETA4).  Hopefully it 
won't happen again!

Niels Piersma

2004-Sep-16 11:00 UTC

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I'll try later this week. (After IBM repairs my server!!!) It just broke
down today. Doesn't respond to powerbutton anymore.....

%Niels
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Xander Damen
Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 18:40
To: Niels Piersma; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

Don't know if it is exactly the same problem, but when I tried to boot
5.x 
on the IBM Netfinity 5100, it would hang. When I disabled acpi in the
kernel 
it did boot.

Xander
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Niels Piersma" <niels@piersma.com>
To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday 16 September 2004 17:47
Subject: RE: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

Jim,

I have the same problem. Even after BIOS upgrades etc. it didn't want to
boot. (endless screens of dumps). In the end I reverted back to FreeBSD
4.10.

I can confirm this problem occurs on SINGLE processor x225 machines.

%Niels

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of
jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org
Sent: donderdag 16 september 2004 17:38
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable
but
right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the

install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem -
endless
streams of what look like register states, seperated by single
characters
of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader.

Any thoughts on this? I'm in the process of switching all of my i386
NetBSD and Novell servers over to FreeBSD (faster release cycle, so
better
new hardware support), so I'm not familair with the subtle nuances of
FreeBSD yet, but I do have it working on about 4 other machines - 3
single-processor machines and one dual-processor with both CPUs in
place.
I'm wondering if the problem might have something to do with that empty
processor socket, or the fact that it's a Xeon.

-Jim
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2004-Sep-16 11:03 UTC

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IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

No, not at all. The x225Bug looks like full x86 32-bit debug dumps.
full-screen-colums with memory adresses. Etc.
 
%Niels

	-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- 
	Van: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org namens Vivek Khera 
	Verzonden: do 16-9-2004 19:58 
	Aan: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 
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	Onderwerp: Re: IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?
	
	


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Jochen Knuth

2004-Sep-16 14:30 UTC

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Hi,

jcaldwell@ymcastlouis.org schrieb:> I've got a number of IBM xSeries x225 servers, which are dual-capable
but
> right now have only one Xeon processor each. Attempting to boot from the 
> install CD for both 5.2.1 and 5.3-BETA3 yields the same problem - endless 
> streams of what look like register states, seperated by single characters 
> of the '/|\-' sequence. Doesn't even get past the boot loader. 
> ...

i had the same problem on the IBM xSeries x225, trying to boot it with 
several version of 5.x but without success.

Only after installing Linux on the server i made an last attempt and 
booted some rescue cd (http://www.sysresccd.org/ ) which had the "smart 
boot manager" on it. i got into the smart boot manager, changed the cd 
to a 5.x one and selected to boot from cd and it worked.

I have attached a dmesg from the server, since then updated to Beta4 (it 
was before the beta phase when i tried it)
> -Jim
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Jochen
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FreeBSD 5.3-BETA4 #1: Mon Sep 13 22:34:11 CEST 2004
    root@unix2server.intern.ipro.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPRO5
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2800.11-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf29  Stepping = 9
 
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
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avail memory = 1572716544 (1499 MB)
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 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 4
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard
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device 0.0 on pci0
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freebsd stable - Sep 2004 - IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?

IBM xSeries 225 with single processor - can't boot 5.x?