FreeBSD 15 - HPE DL380 installer restarts

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sevendogzero

I'm using a USB stick to install on a HPE DL-380 G9 server. Stick is read installer starts and the server reboots. Repeats everytime.

On the same server using a FreeBSD 14.3 stick, the installer runs and completes. No issues.

I've used the FreeBSD 15 stick on another pc, installer starts and completes.

Trying to figure out why FreeBSD does not like my server. I will say this server has an nvme boot disk, but
FreeBSD 14.3 has no issues, so not sure it is part of the problem.

What can I do to find out? logs, boot options etc

Also, Debian 13 installs on the same server; no issues.
Bret
 
Does it have an LSI/Broadcom RAID card? Not sure if this is still an issue but for some controllers FreeBSD will attach mfi(4) when it should be using mrsas(4). There's a range of cards that causes the system to crash with mfi(4).

Code: 
     Using /boot/device.hints (as mentioned below), the user can provide a
     preference for the mrsas driver to detect a MR-Fusion card instead of the
     mfi(4) driver.

           hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="1"

     At boot time, the mfi(4) driver will get priority to detect MR-Fusion
     controllers by default.  Before changing this default driver selection
     policy, LSI advises users to understand how the driver selection policy
     works.  LSI's policy is to provide priority to the mfi(4) driver to
     detect MR-Fusion cards, but allow for the ability to choose the mrsas
     driver to detect MR-Fusion cards.

     LSI recommends setting hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="0" for customers who are
     using the older mfi(4) driver and do not want to switch to mrsas.  For
     those using a MR-Fusion controller for the first time, LSI recommends
     using the mrsas driver and setting hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="1".
 
Not expert here, but have u verify the chksum of memdisk-img you downloaded ?

I recently install FreeBSD 15.0 to DL380G8 internal SD card without any issue except my fan speed is running around 43% which is expected.
 
No expert here either.
Figured since I was able to install on another pc, the stick was ok...but no I did not run the checksum. I'm lazy

I don't have another server here handy to test. Will go to our data center and see what happens. Have lots of these
there to test.

No LSI raid card

Could this be a TPM isse? There is no TPM chip in this server.
 
We had problems with FreeBSD on a DL380 G5 or G6 at $JOB years ago. It turned out it needed a BIOS update.

Also, are you using UEFI or CSM mode?
 
Is this a Gen10-11? I picked up a HPE MicroServer Gen11 and it has trouble booting 15.0. It's a open issue related to iLO console/serial port that seems to affect some recent model HPE and Dell machines. It's already been patched in CURRENT. For now we're running 14.4 on it and will probably wait for 15.1.

If you want to see if the symptoms match, check:
www.freebsd.org

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Errata

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.
www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org

291461 – 15.0 doesn't UEFI boot on HPE MicroServer, other reported machines

bugs.freebsd.org bugs.freebsd.org

292206 – loader generates invalid hw.uart.console value when serial console redirection is disabled, preventing system from booting

bugs.freebsd.org bugs.freebsd.org
 
Chris I.
Nailed it!
Adding set console="eficom" during boot (ESC to add boot options and then " boot") booted it up as it should. Then adding the same option to the /boot/loader.conf file has everything working great again. Thanks!
 
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