I'll trade you that machine for one that works. ;-)
Seriously though, disable the ACPI in the bios. There was just a thread on a similar problem yesterday. See here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg13026.html HTH Chris From: Harrie Bonenkamp (Colson) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [pfSense Support] panic on install of stable pfsense on latests Dell PE 1950 server Dear Support, I tried to install the latest stable pfsense 1.2 on a brand new Dell PowerEdge 1950 With the default (ACPI enabled) install It came back to me with this error: DELL_PE_SC3 Panic ACPI0sDerivePciId unable to initialize PCI bus And system reboots in 15 seconds. The server has this specification: PE1950 III Quad-Core Xeon E5430 2.66GHz/2x6MB 1333FSB PE1950 PCIE Riser (2 Slots) PE1950 Bezel Assembly 4GB FB 667MHz Memory (2x2GB dual rank DIMMs) No second Processor option 300GB SAS (10,000 rpm) 3.5inch Hard Drive PE1950 III 3.5" HDD support chassis Perc 6i Integrated Controller 8X IDE DVD-ROM Drive PE1950 III Non-Redundant Power Supply - No Power Cord Broadcom TCP/IP Offload Engine functionality (TOE) Not Enabled No Operating System PE1950 OpenManage kit and FI Driver PE1950 III - C3,MSSR1, ADD IN PERC 5i/6i or SAS6iR, min 2 / max 2 Harrie Bonenkamp
