Bug Report: IBM x3650M4 (32GB, 2x4-core Xeon E5-2600, IBM ServeRaid M5110e): fails in install with NMI

[Mike A]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 05:31:20PM +0200, Fabian Wenk wrote:
> Hello Mike
> 
> On 28.08.2012 16:50, Mike A wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 04:41:54PM +0200, Fabian Wenk wrote:
> >>  On the installed system create, or edit, the file
> >>  /boot/loader.conf and add the line like this:
> >>
> >>  hint.mpt.0.msi_enable="0"
> >>
> >>  Then you need to reboot to test.
> >
> > I would happily do precisely that, if only I could get the system to
> > install. The failure occurs during boot of the install CDROM, before
> > bsdinstall ever gets started.
> 
> OK, I did had to wade through the only documentation too, as I 
> did not see an installer recently. ;)
> 
> During the FreeBSD boot menu (with the several options to 
> choose), use "2. Escape to loader prompt". There you need to type 
> the following lines:
> 
> set hint.mpt.0.msi_enable="0"
> boot
> 
> Hopefully this should do the trick, but this needs to be done 
> again after the system is installed, until you have set the 
> option in the /boot/loader.conf.

Very much obliged to you, Mike Meyer, and Gary Palmer. I will go up and
lay hands on the hardware in a bit. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin