mss_* problems during 5.2.1 install

[Nagilum]

Hi Dan,

There is a lot you can try, loading without ACPI, explicitly unloading 
unneccesary drivers, trying older versions.. After the machine got stuck 
you may still be able to scroll back by pressing the scroll key and then 
the cursor keys...
I hope this helps,
Alex.


Dan Harris wrote:

>I just purchased a new HP Proliant DL585 quad-opteron system.  The only
>"supported" OS's are SuSE and RedHat Enterprise.  But, I thought what the
>heck I'll try trusty FBSD on it. 4.10 installed perfectly, however I really
>want 64-bit support.. So it looks like 5.2.1-RELEASE for me.
>
>However, when trying to boot into setup from the minimal install CD, I hit a
>roadblock:
>
>mss_probe: no address given, try 0x530
>mss_detect, busy still set (0xff)
>
>This repeats enough times that it scrolls off the screen and I can't tell
>exactly what happens before it, and the system is frozen so I can't scroll
>back.
>
>The machine has an integrated Broadcom Gigabit, which it detects fine, and a
>HP Smart Array RAID controller, which it also seems to detect.  That's the
>only peripherals that I'm using.  I've tried disabling the integrated
>"lights-out" processor and changing IRQ's of the PCI devices with no luck,
>
>The RAID controller is in a 133MHz PCI-x slot, if that makes a difference.
>
>Help PLEASE! I don't want to be "forced" to put Linux on this beast!
>
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