Installing 7.1 amd64 on Dell powerEdge 2950

[Olivier Nicole]

> > R6.4 amd64: works
> > R7.0 amd64: does not work
> > R7.1 i386: works
> > R7.1 i386+PAE: does not work (I had to remove fdc and some other
> >               devices before it could complete the boot)
> >
> 
> We have a couple of 2950 running FreeBSD-amd64 stable/7 and head.
> 
> They got installed using the 7.1 and the -current snapshot ISO's.
> 
> ...
> Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>          The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE #2 r189142: Sat Feb 28 11:13:44 CET 2009
>      root at bsd1.plaut.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/bsd1
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5320  @ 1.86GHz (1863.92-MHz K8-class CPU)
>    Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6fb  Stepping = 11
> 
> 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>
>    Features2=0x4e3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA>
>    AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
>    AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
>    Cores per package: 4
> usable memory = 8576356352 (8179 MB)
> avail memory  = 8274886656 (7891 MB)
> ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   PE_SC3  >
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs

I know that some people have been successful with PE2950, but it seems
that Dell is packaging very different hardware under the same name.

The fact is that mine does not complete the boot.

Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p3 #0: Sun Mar 15 14:59:54 ICT 2009
    root at ufo2.cs.ait.ac.th:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5420  @ 2.50GHz (2496.29-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x10676  Stepping = 6
  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>
  Features2=0xce3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA,<b19>>
  AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  Cores per package: 4
real memory  = 18253611008 (17408 MB)
avail memory = 16615514112 (15845 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   PE_SC3  >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs

Best regards,

Olivier