Re: amd64 install hang

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

* Adrian Close <adrian_(_at_)_close_(_dot_)_wattle_(_dot_)_id_(_dot_)_au> [2005-02-19 14:39]:
> I'm trying to install 3.6 on my new AMD Sempron 2600+ (on an ASUS K8V SE
> Deluxe motherboard) system and running into a little trouble.  
> If I try and install the amd64 port (from my official 3.6 CD set), I only 
> get this far:
> 
> >> OpenBSD/amd64 CDBOOT 1.00
> boot> boot
> booting cd0a:/3.6/amd64/bsd.rd: 1367360+289071+2200832+0+325000 
> [80+152592+88686]=0x839758
> entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 34000004, 24448b12, 82e0a304]

of course.

AMD unfortunately chose to be confusing with the Semprons... there are 
two completely different beasts.

1. Socket A Sempron

This is basically a renamed Duron. The usual thing - little older 
Athlon XP designs, or rather current designs with the cache cut in half.

2. Socket 754 Sempron

This is an Athlon64 with some stuff disabled, and if memory serves less 
cache.

One of the disabled things are the 64bit extensions. so your machine is 
not an amd64, it is a plain i386.

> cpu0: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2600+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class) 1.61 GHz

hmm i think a 2600+ was supposed to run at ~2ghz, you might have the 
FSB speed wrong in the bios, but you better check the desired 
frequencies before blindly increasing.

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