amd64/164773: [boot] 9.0 amd64 fails to boot on HP DL145 G3 [regression]

[Jim Pazarena]

Kai Gallasch wrote, On 2012-03-14 3:40 AM:
>
> From: Kai Gallasch<gallasch at free.de>
> To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org,
>   jshupe at hermetek.com
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: amd64/164773: [boot] 9.0 amd64 fails to boot on HP DL145 G3 [regression]
> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:25:10 +0100
>
>   Booting the DL145 G3 with disabled ehci in GENERIC kernel changes =
>   nothing, the boot process still times out with
>   "mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0"
>
>   I've bee debugging this for 2-3 weeks now and now have decided to stick =
>   with 8-STABLE on this particular server.
>   My impression is, that the BIOS on the DL145 G3 is broken in combination =
>   with FreeBSD9.
>
>   Regards,
>   Kai Gallasch.

I have been posting on freebsd-hardware.

I have the same issue with 9.0 on a DL185 G5.
I also tried 8.3RC1.
While it gets farther along in the install process,
8.3RC1 generates a panic after I select my country (Canada).
DON'T TELL ME TO MOVE! :-)