I wish I could say it went well. It kept giving timeouts on the cdrom but finally did load the OS. All the drives are SATA/SATA2 and the CD is a fresh burn. I got a kernel panic with a normal boot and then again with ACPI disabled. Safe boot came up fine and then several normal boots came up fine too. Then I got a couple panics and then booting fine again 4 or 5 more times then panic.
It didn't like my PS/2 KVM with the USB adapter even though everything else around here doesn't mind it (even Vista on the same box >:(). Not a real deal breaker for a server but letting you know what I ran into. I looked at the bios for some compatibilty/legacy/etc. options but it's fairly sparse in there. Some info about the hardware, a few toggles to enable/disable onboard hardware and boot options.
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FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008
root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2992.52-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6fb Stepping = 11
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SS E,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0xe3fd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,x TPR,PDCM>
AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM>
AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
Cores per package: 2
real memory = 3219718144 (3070 MB)
avail memory = 3145269248 (2999 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL FX09 >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 4
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Feb 24 2008 19:59:27)
acpi0: <DELL FX09 > on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, bfd90000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
device_attach: acpi_hpet0 attach returned 12
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 92a092a0600092a
device_attach: est0 attach returned 6
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized.
est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 92a092a0600092a
device_attach: est1 attach returned 6
p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xcf00-0xcf7f mem 0xfa000000-0xfaffffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff,0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.7.3> port 0xff00-0xff1f mem 0xfdfc0000-0xfdfdffff,0xfdfff000-0xfdffffff irq 20 at device 25.0 on pci0
em0: Using MSI interrupt
em0: Ethernet address: 00:1d:09:8b:b2:11
em0: [FILTER]
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xfe00-0xfe1f irq 16 at device 26.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xfd00-0xfd1f irq 21 at device 26.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xfc00-0xfc1f irq 19 at device 26.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usb2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb2
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfdffe000-0xfdffe3ff irq 18 at device 26.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb3
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pci0: <multimedia> at device 27.0 (no driver attached)
uhci3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xfb00-0xfb1f irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
usb4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci3
usb4: USB revision 1.0
uhub4: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb4
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci4: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xfa00-0xfa1f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci4: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci4: [ITHREAD]
usb5: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci4
usb5: USB revision 1.0
uhub5: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb5
uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci5: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xf900-0xf91f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci5: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci5: [ITHREAD]
usb6: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci5
usb6: USB revision 1.0
uhub6: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb6
uhub6: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfdffd000-0xfdffd3ff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci1: [ITHREAD]
usb7: EHCI version 1.0
usb7: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb4 usb5 usb6
usb7: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci1
usb7: USB revision 2.0
uhub7: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb7
uhub7: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
fwohci0: <Lucent FW322/323> mem 0xfdeff000-0xfdefffff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci2
fwohci0: [FILTER]
fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1)
fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 8.
fwohci0: EUI64 00:00:d1:00:80:1a:26:90
fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 3 ports.
fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
dcons_crom0: <dcons configuration ROM> on firewire0
dcons_crom0: bus_addr 0x1498000
fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:00:d1:1a:26:90
fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:00:d1:1a:26:90
fwip0: <IP over FireWire> on firewire0
fwip0: Firewire address: 00:00:d1:00:80:1a:26:90 @ 0xfffe00000000, S400, maxrec 2048
sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
fwohci0: BUS reset
fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
fxp0: <Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xdf00-0xdf3f mem 0xfdefe000-0xfdefefff,0xfdec0000-0xfdedffff irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci2
miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0
inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
fxp0: Ethernet address: 00:02:b3:b3:f0:2f
fxp0: [ITHREAD]
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH9 SATA300 controller> port 0xf800-0xf807,0xf700-0xf703,0xf600
-0xf607,0xf500-0xf503,0xf400-0xf40f,0xf300-0xf30f irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
atapci0: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata3: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
atapci1: <Intel ICH9 SATA300 controller> port 0xf100-0xf107,0xf000-0xf003,0xef00-0xef07,0xee00-0xee03,0xed00-0xed0f,0xec00-0xec0f irq 19 at device 31.5 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
ata4: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata4: [ITHREAD]
ata5: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata5: [ITHREAD]
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
device_attach: acpi_hpet0 attach returned 12
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xd0000-0xd17ff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ata0 at port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 irq 14 on isa0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1 at port 0x170-0x177,0x376 irq 15 on isa0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
ums0: <Logitech Optical USB Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/3.40, addr 2> on uhub4
ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir.
ukbd0: <Dell Dell USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/3.06, addr 2> on uhub5
kbd2 at ukbd0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
hptrr: no controller detected.
firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
ad4: 238418MB <Seagate ST3250310AS 3.ADA> at ata2-master SATA300
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s1 is msdosfs/DellUtility.
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s2 is ntfs/RECOVERY.
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s3 is ntfs/OS.
acd0: CDRW <PBDS CD-RW/DVD-ROM DH-48C2S/ND11> at ata3-master SATA150
acd1: DVDR <TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-H653B/D300> at ata4-master SATA150
ad10: 76293MB <WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 10.01E04> at ata5-master SATA300
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad10p1 is msdosfs/EFI.
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad10s1a
GEOM_LABEL: Label msdosfs/EFI removed.