problem booting a new server on FreeBSD

[FRLinux]

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, FRLinux <frlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> When booting, i get to the screen where I can select which boot
> process i want for FreeBSD (normal, without ACPI, debug, single,
> etc...). Regardless of the option I select, it starts flickering the
> rotating cursor (\|/-) then freezes completely with no information.

I'll respond to myself on this, turns out that if we wait between one
and one minute thirty, boot actually happens without any error...

I'll include a dmesg just for the record:

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FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 #0: Wed Dec 22 17:34:20 UTC 2010
    root at mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5620  @ 2.40GHz (2399.98-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x206c2  Family = 6  Model = 2c  Stepping = 2
  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=0x29ee3ff<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,DCA,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,POPCNT,AESNI>
  AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  TSC: P-state invariant
real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
avail memory = 8150986752 (7773 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <INTEL  S5500HCV>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s) x 2 SMT threads
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  3
 cpu4 (AP): APIC ID: 18
 cpu5 (AP): APIC ID: 19
 cpu6 (AP): APIC ID: 20
 cpu7 (AP): APIC ID: 21
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard
lapic0: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: <INTEL S5500HCV> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu4: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu5: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu6: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu7: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 28 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
igb0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection version - 2.0.7> port
0x2020-0x203f mem 0xb3a20000-0xb3a3ffff,0xb3a44000-0xb3a47fff irq 40
at device 0.0 on pci1
igb0: Using MSIX interrupts with 5 vectors
igb0: [ITHREAD]
igb0: [ITHREAD]
igb0: [ITHREAD]
igb0: [ITHREAD]
igb0: [ITHREAD]
igb0: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:fd:1e:54
igb1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection version - 2.0.7> port
0x2000-0x201f mem 0xb3a00000-0xb3a1ffff,0xb3a40000-0xb3a43fff irq 28
at device 0.1 on pci1
igb1: Using MSIX interrupts with 5 vectors
igb1: [ITHREAD]
igb1: [ITHREAD]
igb1: [ITHREAD]
igb1: [ITHREAD]
igb1: [ITHREAD]
igb1: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:fd:1e:55
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 24 at device 3.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 30 at device 7.0 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
3ware device driver for 9000 series storage controllers, version: 3.80.06.003
twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem
0xb0000000-0xb1ffffff,0xb3900000-0xb3900fff irq 30 at device 0.0 on
pci3
twa0: [ITHREAD]
twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9650SE-24M8, 24
ports, Firmware FE9X 4.10.00.007, BIOS BE9X 4.08.00.002
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 32 at device 9.0 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 16.0 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 16.1 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 17.0 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 17.1 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.0 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.1 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.2 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral, interrupt controller> at device 20.3 (no
driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.0 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.2 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.4 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.5 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.6 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 22.7 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-D> port 0x30e0-0x30ff
irq 19 at device 26.0 on pci0
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus0: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-D> on uhci0
uhci1: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-E> port 0x30c0-0x30df
irq 19 at device 26.1 on pci0
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus1: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-E> on uhci1
uhci2: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-F> port 0x30a0-0x30bf
irq 19 at device 26.2 on pci0
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-F> on uhci2
ehci0: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB 2.0 controller USB-B> mem
0xb3b22000-0xb3b223ff irq 19 at device 26.7 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus3: EHCI version 1.0
usbus3: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB 2.0 controller USB-B> on ehci0
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem
0xb2000000-0xb2ffffff,0xb3800000-0xb3803fff,0xb3000000-0xb37fffff irq
16 at device 0.0 on pci6
uhci3: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-A> port 0x3080-0x309f
irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
usbus4: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-A> on uhci3
uhci4: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-B> port 0x3060-0x307f
irq 16 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci4: [ITHREAD]
usbus5: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-B> on uhci4
uhci5: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-C> port 0x3040-0x305f
irq 16 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci5: [ITHREAD]
usbus6: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-C> on uhci5
ehci1: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB 2.0 controller USB-A> mem
0xb3b21000-0xb3b213ff irq 16 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus7: EHCI version 1.0
usbus7: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB 2.0 controller USB-A> on ehci1
pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH10 SATA300 controller> port
0x3108-0x310f,0x3114-0x3117,0x3100-0x3107,0x3110-0x3113,0x3020-0x303f
mem 0xb3b20000-0xb3b207ff irq 18 at device 31.2 on pci0
atapci0: [ITHREAD]
atapci0: AHCI called from vendor specific driver
atapci0: AHCI v1.20 controller with 6 3Gbps ports, PM not supported
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata3: [ITHREAD]
ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci0
ata4: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71,0x74-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart0: [FILTER]
uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
uart1: [FILTER]
qpi0: <QPI system bus> on motherboard
pcib8: <QPI Host-PCI bridge> pcibus 255 on qpi0
pci255: <PCI bus> on pcib8
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem
0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xcb000-0xcbfff,0xcc000-0xccfff,0xcd000-0xcefff on
isa0
atkbd: unable to set the command byte.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: unable to set the command byte.
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2
p4tcc2: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu2
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
p4tcc3: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu3
est4: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu4
p4tcc4: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu4
est5: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu5
p4tcc5: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu5
est6: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu6
p4tcc6: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu6
est7: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu7
p4tcc7: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu7
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus6: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus7: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ad4: 143089MB <WDC WD1500HLFS-01G6U0 04.04V01> at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s
ugen0.1: <Intel> at usbus0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ugen1.1: <Intel> at usbus1
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
ugen2.1: <Intel> at usbus2
uhub2: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
ugen3.1: <Intel> at usbus3
uhub3: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3
ugen4.1: <Intel> at usbus4
uhub4: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus4
ugen5.1: <Intel> at usbus5
uhub5: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus5
ugen6.1: <Intel> at usbus6
uhub6: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus6
ugen7.1: <Intel> at usbus7
uhub7: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus7
ad6: 143089MB <WDC WD1500HLFS-01G6U0 04.04V01> at ata3-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s
GEOM: ad6: partition 2 does not start on a track boundary.
GEOM: ad6: partition 2 does not end on a track boundary.
GEOM: ad6: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary.
GEOM: ad6: partition 1 does not end on a track boundary.
acd0: DVDR <Optiarc DVD RW AD-7700S/1.03> at ata4-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub6: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
uhub7: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ugen5.2: <vendor 0x0d3d> at usbus5
ar0: writing of DDF metadata is NOT supported yet
ar0: 142097MB <DDF RAID1> status: READYda0 at twa0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <AMCC 9650SE-24M DISK 4.10> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da0: 100.000MB/s transfers
da0: 19073380MB (39062282240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2431514C)

ar0: disk0 READY (master) using ad4 at ata2-master
ar0: disk1 READY (mirror) using ad6 at ata3-master
lapic1: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
lapic20: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched!
lapic19: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched!
lapic21: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched!
lapic3: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
lapic18: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched!
lapic2: Forcing LINT1 to edge trigger
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
uhub_reattach_port: port 3 reset failed, error=USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 3
ukbd0: <EP1> on usbus5
kbd2 at ukbd0
ums0: <EP2> on usbus5
GEOM: ar0s1: geometry does not match label (16h,63s != 255h,63s).
ums0: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0
Root mount waiting for: usbus3
uhub_reattach_port: port 5 reset failed, error=USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 5
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
ugen2.2: <American Megatrends Inc.> at usbus2
ukbd1: <Keyboard Interface> on usbus2
kbd3 at ukbd1
ums1: <Mouse Interface> on usbus2
ums1: 3 buttons and [Z] coordinates ID=0


Cheers,
Steph