8.1 AMD64 Beta1 cd panics on Proliant ML110 G6

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 04:11:48PM +0200, Johan Hendriks wrote:
> 
> >> >> Hello all.
> >> >> 
> >> >> I try to install the Beta of 8.1 but it panics on my server HP
> >> Proliant ML110
> 
> >> 
> >>>Stacktrace would be helpful.
> >> 
> >> Well at startup, the keyboard is not working, i can not select any boot
> >> mode, and after the timer is at 0 ti boots, and then ends with this
> >> panic, and totally hangs.
> >> 8.0 works fine also CURRENT Works!
> 
> >Regarding the keyboard not working -- it should still be working during
> >the loader phase (FreeBSD logo, press 4 for single user, etc.), correct?
> 
> >If so, two things to try.  Escape to the loader prompt and try one of
> >the below (if (a) doesn't work, try (b)):
> 
> >a) set hint.kbdmux.0.disabled=1
> >   boot
> 
> >b) set hint.atkbd.0.disabled=1
> >  set hint.atkbdc.0.disabled=1
> >   boot
> 
> >Hopefully one of these will allow your keyboard to continue functioning
> >once the system panics, so that you can provide a backtrace.  Thanks.
> 
> The problem is the keyboard is not working at all, so i need to wait till the counter reach 0.
> I did also installed 8.0, no problem.
> Then did a buildworld to the latest 8.1 source from 2010-06-08, buildworld runs fine, then after the reboot same issue as the BETA1-install-only iso.

A non-working keyboard during loader is more easily explainable.  It's a
USB keyboard, isn't it?  You need to find whatever BIOS option in your
system correlates with "Enable USB Legacy Support".  This should allow a
USB keyboard to be "emulated" (via BIOS) as a PS/2-style keyboard up
until the kernel resets USB-related devices.

If there is no such option, can you point me to the User's Manual for
this model of system so I can review it?  (Hopefully it includes BIOS
options...).  Thanks.

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