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["Larry Baydak" <lbaydak@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have recently set up a new  Quad-Core machine - hoping that Haiku 
would 
run on it - but no such luck.

First  - I did  a fresh recompile of the Haiku source  ( rev 19698 ).

  I have an older machine - Where I run BeOS 5.03 - and do Haiku 
compiles.
  I list the hardware specs of my old machine here for reference.
     - Pentium IV
     - Intel D845EBG2  motherboard. ( Intel 845E chipset. )
     - 768 Mb Ram.
     - ATI Radeon video card.

Second - I set up the Haiku on its own hard disk.
   The generated Haiku image boots successfully on the older hardware.
    So I know its a good image.
     
Third -  The 'Haiku' image is on a disk caddy - so I can easily swap 
that disk over
            to the new  machine.  However - on the new machine - I do 
not even get 
            the "Haiku" splash screen to appear.

Here are the particulars of the new machine.
    Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme  (Quad Core)
    MotherBoard : D975XBX2,   Using Intel 975X  chipset.
    Ram : 1 Gb
    Video : Nvidia 7600GS, Express, 256 Mb
    Disk 1 : 80 Gb, IDE2,   3 partitions are set up.
    Disk 2 : SATA (disconnected for now)

I enabled the serial debugging feature and captured some information 
from
the aborted boot of Haiku on the new machine. This message should have
an attached file containing the serial debug information.

I note from the serial debugging information that the boot loader 
attempts
to explore the partitions present on the disk.
So - fyi - the Haiku was installed on the first partition of an 80Gb 
disk.

I hope that somebody will find this experiment with a Quad Core 
interesting
enough to perhaps assist me in finding a solution. 

All for the  good of Haiku of course.

APM version 1.2 available, flags 3.
smp_probe: entry base 0x9fc00, limit 0xa0000
smp_probe: entry base 0xf0000, limit 0x100000
smp_probe: found floating pointer structure at 0x000fe200
smp_boot: intel mp version 1.4, virtual wire compatibility mode.
smp: oem id:  product id:
smp: base table has 1 entries, extended section 0 bytes
smp: cpu#0: Intel Pentium Pro, apic id 0, version 20, BSP
smp: apic @ 0xfee00000, i/o apic @ 0x00000000, total 1 processors detected
CPU supports Hyper-Threading, 4 processors in package
VESA version = 300
oem string: NVIDIA
EDID1: 4f
EDID2: ebx 19a
EDID3: 4f
Got EDID!
Vendor: VSC
Product ID: 58653
Serial #: 16843009
Produced in week/year: 8/2006
EDID version: 1.3
Type: Analog
Size: 43 cm x 27 cm
Gamma=2.2
White (X,Y)=(0.313,0.329)
Supported Future Video Modes:
1680x1680@75Hz (id=4019)
1280x1024@60Hz (id=32897)
1280x960@60Hz (id=16513)
1152x864@75Hz (id=20337)
Supported VESA Video Modes:
720x400@70
640x480@60
640x480x67
640x480x72
640x480x75
800x600@56
800x600@60
800x600@72
800x600@75
832x624@75
1024x768@60
1024x768@70
1024x768@75
1280x1024@75
1152x870@75
Additional Video Mode:
clock=146.25 MHz
h: (1680, 1784, 1960, 2240)
v: (1050, 1053, 1059, 1089)
size: 43.3 cm x 27.1 cm
border: 0 cm x 0 cm
Serial Number: Q6Y060801966
Horizontal frequency range = 30..82 kHz
Vertical frequency range = 50..75 Hz
Maximum pixel clock = 210 MHz
Monitor Name: VX2025wm
Welcome to the Haiku boot loader!
number of drives: 1
add_partitions_for(0x00104258, mountFS = no)
add_partitions_for(fd = 0, mountFS = no)
Partition::Scan()
check for partitioning_system: Amiga Partition Map
check for partitioning_system: Intel Partition Map
intel: pm_identify_partition(1, 1065768: 0, 80026361856, 512)
Partition::SetTo(): active: 80
Partition::SetTo(): active: 0
Partition::SetTo(): active: 0
Partition::SetTo(): active: 0
check for partitioning_system: Intel Extended Partition
check for partitioning_system: Apple Partition Map
intel: pm_scan_partition(1, 1065768: 0, 80026361856, 512)
new child partition!
new child partition!
new child partition!
*** scan child 0x0010446c (start = 8225280, size = 28730903040, parent = 
0x00104328)!
Partition::Scan()
check for partitioning_system: Amiga Partition Map
check for partitioning_system: Intel Partition Map
intel: pm_identify_partition(2, 1066092: 8225280, 28730903040, 512)
Partition::SetTo(): active: c3
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 0: bad location, ignoring
Partition::SetTo(): active: ad
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 1: bad location, ignoring
Partition::SetTo(): active: 69
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 2: bad location, ignoring
Partition::SetTo(): active: 79
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 3: bad location, ignoring
check for partitioning_system: Intel Extended Partition
intel: ep_identify_partition(2, 8225280, 28730903040, 512)
check for partitioning_system: Apple Partition Map
*** scan child 0x00104520 (start = 28739128320, size = 26205742080, parent = 
0x00104328)!
Partition::Scan()
check for partitioning_system: Amiga Partition Map
check for partitioning_system: Intel Partition Map
intel: pm_identify_partition(2, 1066272: 28739128320, 26205742080, 512)
Partition::SetTo(): active: 63
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 0: bad location, ignoring
Partition::SetTo(): active: 73
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 1: bad location, ignoring
Partition::SetTo(): active: 74
Partition::SetTo(): active: 0
intel: _ParsePrimary(): partition 3: bad location, ignoring
check for partitioning_system: Intel Extended Partition
intel: ep_identify_partition(2, 28739128320, 26205742080, 512)
check for partitioning_system: Apple Partition Map
*** scan child 0x001045e8 (start = 54944870400, size = 25078878720, parent = 
0x00104328)!
Partition::Scan()
check for partitioning_system: Amiga Partition Map
check for partitioning_system: Intel Partition Map
intel: pm_identify_partition(2, 1066472: 54944870400, 25078878720, 512)
intel: _ParsePrimary(): invalid PTS signature
check for partitioning_system: Intel Extended Partition
intel: ep_identify_partition(2, 54944870400, 25078878720, 512)
check for partitioning_system: Apple Partition Map
boot partition offset: 8225280
check for file_system: BFS Filesystem
load kernel...
unhandled pheader type 0x6
unhandled pheader type 0x3