I am trying to install amd64 9.2 on a modestly powerful Super Micro server (64 cores (Opteron), 128 GB of RAM). The vanilla FreeBSD installer just hangs on the uart1 line. I tried PC-BSD but it hangs on the same spot.
Try turning off the serial ports in the BIOS. It's also possible the BIOS is set to use one of the serial ports as a console so you can change BIOS settings via a serial connection. You might want to turn that off too.
You were right on the money! I have turned off the serial ports in the BIOS and the uart problem has disappeared. However the problems with ACPI are now exposed. The booting stops at
Code:
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
I have seen posts that this might have to do with the/an LSI RAID card. I tried turning off ACPI in BIOS and it didn't work. The system crashes and takes me into the debugger. I tried to turn off ACPI in the installer and it didn't work. I am going now to disable ACPI in the BIOS and disable ACPI in the OS. If it just reboots I am afraid I am going to be done with it and install RedHat which was the original OS on the server.
It didn't work. Just out of curiosity I tried OpenBSD amd64. It went without a hitch with ACPI 3.0 enabled in the BIOS and serial ports on. I am seriously questioning my decision to go with ZFS on several file servers I just received. Unfortunately OpenBSD is not something I can run on this server due to the lack of virtualization support.
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