RE: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Kevin
Can you please try 7.1-PRERELEASE or 6.4-RC2 (just announced today)? There have been bootstrap-related changes since 7.0-RELEASE which may fix your problem. I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried (for the sake of argument) Debian debian-40r5-amd64 , and it

RE: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Kevin
I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried (for the sake of argument) Debian debian-40r5-amd64 , and it wouldn't boot either -- it said Your CPU does not support long mode, please use a 32bit distribution. This means your processor does not support

Re: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 07:37:01AM -0500, Kevin wrote: Can you please try 7.1-PRERELEASE or 6.4-RC2 (just announced today)? There have been bootstrap-related changes since 7.0-RELEASE which may fix your problem. I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried

Re: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 11:18:36AM -0500, Kevin wrote: I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried (for the sake of argument) Debian debian-40r5-amd64 , and it wouldn't boot either -- it said Your CPU does not support long mode, please use a 32bit

Re: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday 04 November 2008 11:41:31 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 11:18:36AM -0500, Kevin wrote: I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried (for the sake of argument) Debian debian-40r5-amd64 , and it wouldn't boot either -- it

RE: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Kevin
Yes, the BTX fault you are getting is from trying to start 64-bit mode on a CPU that doesn't support 32-bit mode. The latest snapshots should have a fix where you get a more helpful Your CPU doesn't do 64-bit message. -- John Baldwin Thank you all for your prudent help, it is much

Re: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Wilko Bulte
Quoting John Baldwin, who wrote on Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:10:04PM -0500 .. On Tuesday 04 November 2008 11:41:31 am Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 11:18:36AM -0500, Kevin wrote: I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried (for the sake

RE: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-04 Thread Tom Evans
On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 11:18 -0500, Kevin wrote: I tried 7.1-BETA2 , but unfortunately the same problem happened. I tried (for the sake of argument) Debian debian-40r5-amd64 , and it wouldn't boot either -- it said Your CPU does not support long mode, please use a 32bit

DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-03 Thread Kevin
Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD on my HP DL360 G3 server with 8GB of ram. I need to use the AMD64 distribution, as I understand, to utilize over 4GB of ram. Unfortunately I cannot boot from any of the FreeBSD CDs : 7.0-RELEASE-AMD64 6.3-RELEASE-AMD64 I will try 8.0-CURRENT-AMD64,

Re: DL360 G3 w/ AMD64 Cant boot from CD

2008-11-03 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 11:27:13PM -0500, Kevin wrote: Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD on my HP DL360 G3 server with 8GB of ram. I need to use the AMD64 distribution, as I understand, to utilize over 4GB of ram. Unfortunately I cannot boot from any of the FreeBSD CDs :