i386/102177: Dell PowerEdge SC1420 cannot install FreeBSD4.8

[Bancha]

>Number:         102177
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Dell PowerEdge SC1420 cannot install FreeBSD4.8
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 17 07:40:17 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bancha
>Release:        4.8
>Organization:
TTNI
>Environment:
Dell PowerEdge SC1420
FreeBSD 4.8
>Description:
I cannot install FreeBSD Release 4.8 on Dell PowerEdge SC1420,
when I boot it up with CD-Rom that contain FreeBSD4.8 after that its shown a hardware list in the machine and stop at this line
"plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0"

and system was freezed forever........
>How-To-Repeat:
I disable NIC, but problem still occur.
I tried to install FreeBSD Release 6.1, it works properly.

Why??
>Fix:

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