Problems installing 5.2.1 onto HP rx2600

[Gian-Paolo Musumeci]

>> I'm having some difficulties getting FreeBSD 5.2.1 installed on an rx2600.
>> The system boots from the internal DVD mechanism without problems (although
>> I can't use the CDs as install media), and correctly starts a network
>> install.
>> At exactly 85% of the way through the base, sysinstall crashes with the
>> error message: "Fatal Error: Invalid realloc size of 0!".  I've tried a
>> few different mirrors and the problem is persistent.
>> Any ideas on what might be going wrong here?
> No, but you might want to give the post 5.2.1 snaphot a try:
> 	ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ia64
> It should find your CD drive.

The post-5.2.1 snapshot does indeed see the CD drive and let me install,
apparently without further incident.  However, the system won't boot
afterwards; the device isn't listed in the EFI bootable devices table.

Is further magic required?  The documentation, alas, is somewhat sketchy
on this topic.

Cheers /gdm