Hello, I've tried an 8 beta 1 (from usb image, and source upgrade) and releng_7 (both amd64) from today on a hp's proliant 385 with the same misbehaviors, kernel hung during boot at exactly the same point. Last message on the console is: 'pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0' and the disk led activity is solid on. After some trial / error and looking for more information, I've tried verbose boot and surprisingly the machines finish the boot process flawlessly and ask for credentials. verbose dmesg availables at: http://pastebin.com/m1918b1db http://pastebin.com/m5edd8d03 Both boxes used to run releng_7_2 perfectly, and are ready to try whatever you ask me ;). Thanks a lot in advance. Regards, Raul.