Has anyone been able to successfully install FreeBSD on a Dell R730?

[Jack L.]

It looks like this is the exact symtoms I get on FreeBSD 13 on a Dell R730

https://redmine.ixsystems.com/attachments/30618/BIOS_HBA_FreeBSD_error.JPG

On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 8:58 PM Jack L. <xxjack12xx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just recently had a task to install some Dell R730 servers with
> FreeBSD 13 amd64 but no matter what I do, I can't seem to get the iso
> installer to get past usb and mfi/mrsas timeout errors.
>
> USB errors similar to
> uhub_reattach_port: port 1 reset failed, error=USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
> uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 1
> uhub_reattach_port: port 1 reset failed, error=USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
> uhub_reattach_port: device problem (USB_ERR_TIMEOUT), disabling port 1
>
> and mfi gives COMMAND TIMEOUT AFTER xx SECONDS over and over.
>
> mrsas just crashes.
>
> Trying to install FreeBSD 12 results in kernel panic mid boot but it
> flashes too fast to see what it's crashing on.
>
> Any ideas?