[oi-dev] OI 2017-05 snapshot: AMD Athlon 64 (K8) compatibility issues

[Jean-Pierre André]

ken mays via oi-dev wrote:
> On that note, be aware of prior notice on AMD64 Athlon 64-based
> computers and the use of software from:

I have such a computer, which I intended to upgrade to 2017.04

Is booting on a live-usb a valid test for presence/absence of
further problems ahead ? (IOW is the problem in the new loader or
in the kernel ?)

Jean-Pierre

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> http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/20170502/
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> ~ Ken
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> On Friday, May 5, 2017, 4:36:35 PM PDT, Adam Števko
> <adam.stevko at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Ken,
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> there is no 2017.05 snapshot, onlt 2017.04, which was released on 2 May.
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> Cheers,
> Adam
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>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:04 PM, ken mays via oi-dev
>> <oi-dev at openindiana.org <mailto:oi-dev at openindiana.org>> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> If you are using AMD Athlon 64 (K8) CPUs, it is possible that the
>> current release of OI 2017.05 snapshot will not boot fully.
>> Please bug report if you are using those specific CPUs.
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>> Otherwise, all previous OI snapshots were tested as working.
>>
>> ~ Ken