[Bug 221056] FreBSD 11 can not be remotely installed on older HP Proliant models

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            Bug ID: 221056
           Summary: FreBSD 11 can not be remotely installed on older HP
                    Proliant models
           Product: Base System
           Version: 11.0-RELEASE
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: cwf-ml at arcor.de

Trying to install 11.0-amd64 on a HP Proliant DL360G7

Which like all our servers, sits in some data center where I can not physically
access it. So the only possible method (and, indeed, the only method at all for
certain types of servers) is installation via HP iLo.

ILOs can use both ISO and IMG files, to simulate CDROMs/DVDs and Flash Images.

Now FreeBSD broke HP's iLo based CDROM emulation somehwere in 8.x or 9.x, and
never bothered to fix it, despite being told about it. HP changed iLo Firmware
on G8 and G9 to work around that problem, but there is no such Update for older
models. For them the memstick image was the only way to go.

The uefi memstick image doesn't boot on those older Proliants, as they don't
support UEFI either. As there is no other available installation method,
FreeBSD 11 can not be installed at all.

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