Unable to install 8.x on a PowerEdge R810

[Chuck Swiger]

Hi, Mahlon--

On Jul 22, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Mahlon E. Smith wrote:
> Install worked great, though it appears I need to keep hyperthreading
> ("logical processors" bios option) disabled for it to boot reliably.
> Similar errors as before if I enable it.

I believe FreeBSD ships with MAXCPU set to 32 by default (check "sysctl kern.smp.maxcpus"); your machine with hyperthreading enabled probably goes past that #, which is why it crashes with the topology error being reported....

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck