I have created a pxe bootable disk image of the freebsd boot only install cd. I am able to install freebsd on all of my systems, with the exception of my IBM Blade Servers using this method. When attempting to install FreeBSD 7.2 on my blade systems: I select FreeBSD 7.2 (i386) from my PXE Boot Menu. The image is loaded. I get the message "Welcome to FreeBSD!" followed by the menu at this point options 1-5 will result in the error shown in the JPG I wish I had an option to attach to this bug report so here it is typed out: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x52730 data=0x2400+0x186c syms=[0x4+0x8660+0x4+0xb187] loading required module 'pci' ACPI autoload failed - no such file or directory - int=00000006 err=00000000 efl=00010046 eip=0004bcb5 eax=00000000 ebx=a0500000 ecx=00000000 edx=004603de esi=00000000 edi=00000000 ebp=00000000 esp=00029203 cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 cs:eip=fe fd 03 0f 01 4f 00 0f-01 4f 00 0f 01 4f 00 0f 01 4f 00 0f 01 4f 00 0f-01 4f 00 54 00 00 00 01 ss:esp=83 ec 14 89 5d f4 8b 5d-0c 89 75 f8 8b 75 10 89 7d fc 8b 7d 08 85 db 74-34 80 3b 2f 74 2f c7 44 BTX halted option 6 allows me to try the various work-arounds I have found on the internet but ultimately I get the same error. The Fix: Install FreeBSD on another computer then move the hard drive to the IBM Blade HS20 and turn it on. The system re-configures itself and works fine with the Blade Server. (not really a fix but all I have to offer) How-To-Repeat: get an IBM Blade HS20 and try install FreeBSD 7.2
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-i386 This sounds as though it could be machine-specific.
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We have lost the jpg that provides additional context. Since we're loading acpi.ko, that means we're in the boot loader. The boot loader has changed significantly since this bug report. There's also not quite enough information to try to recreate this issue now, since generically, PXE booting does work. I'm closing this bug. Please file a new one and cc me if this issue persists in FreeBSD 11 or 12. thanks.