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Date:      Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:39:56 GMT
From:      Selçuk Ögütçü <selcuk.ogutcu@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/92303: Cannot install FreeBSD 6 on an IBM x226 8488E4Y server
Message-ID:  <200601251139.k0PBduFT032857@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200601251140.k0PBe8WS096590@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         92303
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Cannot install FreeBSD 6 on an IBM x226 8488E4Y server
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 25 11:40:08 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Selçuk Ögütçü
>Release:        FreeBSD 6
>Organization:
KOU
>Environment:
(cannot type output of uname -a, FreeBSD did not install)              
>Description:
I tried to install FreeBSD 6 on an IBM x226 8488E4Y server. During installation, it displays the following line:

"ips0: resetting  adapter, this may take up to 5 minutes"

And as you guess so, this is not a "5 minutes" thing. I gave the machine 1 HOLY day (!) and nothing changed. Tried to install with ACPI disabled, nothing changed. I want to use FreeBSD with a well-known Linux/Unix supporting server platform, IBM. But can't handle this problem even after trying a dozen combinations. This server's gonna be a mail server and this is a real urgent case. I don't wanna install another OS. Also I don't wanna disable its on-board components such as network adapter. Thank you and have a nice workday.
>How-To-Repeat:
Every reboot/install, it freezes the computer displaying the given line above.              
>Fix:
Some say "disable its onboard network adapter and use another ethernet card.              
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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