I just did an install onto a Proliant 1600 dual P2-400.
I had no issues with installing with sysinst, and here is my dmesg with  
GENERIC.MP kernel.
Any hardware in my machine is evident in the dmesg output. I have an  
Array Controller in mine, no issues. No APIC either, this machine is  
pre-apic days (thankfully, what a pain in the posterior).
Maybe you have corrupt install media?
Enjoy!

----------START DMESG OUTPUT----------
NetBSD 2.0 (GENERIC.MP) #0: Wed Dec  1 11:06:48 UTC 2004
	builds@build:/big/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-RELEASE/i386/200411300000Z-obj/ 
big/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
total memory = 255 MB
avail memory = 242 MB
BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xf0000
mainbus0 (root)
mainbus0: Intel MP Specification (Version 1.4) (COMPAQ   PROLIANT    )
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 1 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel Pentium II (686-class), 399.08 MHz, id 0x652
cpu0: features 183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features 183fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX>
cpu0: features 183fbff<FXSR>
cpu0: I-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way, D-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way
cpu0: L2 cache 512 KB 32B/line 4-way
cpu0: ITLB 32 4 KB entries 4-way, 2 4 MB entries fully associative
cpu0: DTLB 64 4 KB entries 4-way, 8 4 MB entries 4-way
cpu0: calibrating local timer
cpu0: apic clock running at 99 MHz
cpu0: 32 page colors
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 0 (application processor)
cpu1: starting
cpu1: Intel Pentium II (686-class), 399.07 MHz, id 0x652
cpu1: features 183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu1: features 183fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX>
cpu1: features 183fbff<FXSR>
cpu1: I-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way, D-cache 16 KB 32B/line 4-way
cpu1: L2 cache 512 KB 32B/line 4-way
cpu1: ITLB 32 4 KB entries 4-way, 2 4 MB entries fully associative
cpu1: DTLB 64 4 KB entries 4-way, 8 4 MB entries 4-way
mpbios: bus 0 is type PCI
mpbios: bus 1 is type PCI
mpbios: bus 9 is type ISA
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 8 (I/O APIC)
ioapic0: pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 35 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0
ioapic0: remapped to apic 8
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: Intel 82443BX Host Bridge/Controller (AGP disabled) (rev. 0x02)
vga1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446 (rev. 0x45)
wsdisplay0 at vga1 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: Digital Equipment DECchip 21150 PCI-PCI  
Bridge (rev. 0x03)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
tl0 at pci1 dev 7 function 0
tl0: Compaq ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 TX
tl0: Ethernet address 00:08:c7:09:27:84
tl0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 30 (irq 5)
nsphy0 at tl0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
tlphy0 at tl0 phy 31: ThunderLAN 10BASE-T media interface, rev. 5
tlphy0: 10base2
esiop0 at pci1 dev 9 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c875 (ultra-wide scsi)
esiop0: using on-board RAM
esiop0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23 (irq 9)
scsibus0 at esiop0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
esiop1 at pci1 dev 9 function 1: Symbios Logic 53c875 (ultra-wide scsi)
esiop1: using on-board RAM
esiop1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22 (irq 10)
scsibus1 at esiop1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
Compaq product 0xa0f0 (miscellaneous system) at pci0 dev 14 function 0  
not configured
ppb1 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: IBM 82351 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev. 0x07)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
cac0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0: Compaq Smart Array 3200
cac0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 11)
ld0 at cac0 unit 0: RAID5 array
ld0: 203 GB, 26564 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 426759840  
sectors
pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0
pcib0: Intel 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge (PIIX4) (rev. 0x02)
piixide0 at pci0 dev 20 function 1
piixide0: Intel 82371AB IDE controller (PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
piixide0: bus-master DMA support present
piixide0: primary channel wired to compatibility mode
piixide0: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 14 (irq 14)
atabus0 at piixide0 channel 0
piixide0: secondary channel wired to compatibility mode
piixide0: secondary channel ignored (disabled)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller  
(PIIX4) (rev. 0x01)
uhci0: can't map i/o space
Intel 82371AB Power Management Controller (PIIX4) (miscellaneous  
bridge, revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 20 function 3 not configured
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: PC speaker
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
isapnp0 at isa0 port 0x279: ISA Plug 'n Play device support
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
isapnp0: no ISA Plug 'n Play devices found
ioapic0: enabling
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
atapibus0 at atabus0: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <Compaq  CRD-8241B, 1998/06/06, 1.17> cdrom  
removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
cd0(piixide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data  
transfers)
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <COMPAQ, AB009322B4, A019> disk fixed
sd0: 8678 MB, 5273 cyl, 20 head, 168 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 17773500  
sectors
sd0: sync (50.00ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged  
queueing
sd1 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <QUANTUM, ATLAS10K3_36_SCA, 020W> disk  
fixed
sd1: 35074 MB, 31022 cyl, 4 head, 578 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 71833096  
sectors
sd1: sync (50.00ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged  
queueing
sd2 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <QUANTUM, ATLAS10K3_36_SCA, 020W> disk  
fixed
sd2: 35074 MB, 31022 cyl, 4 head, 578 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 71833096  
sectors
sd2: sync (50.00ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged  
queueing
sd3 at scsibus0 target 3 lun 0: <QUANTUM, ATLAS10K2-TY367J, DDD6> disk  
fixed
sd3: 35020 MB, 17338 cyl, 10 head, 413 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 71721820  
sectors
sd3: sync (50.00ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged  
queueing
sd4 at scsibus0 target 4 lun 0: <QUANTUM, ATLAS10K2-TY367J, DDD6> disk  
fixed
sd4: 35020 MB, 17338 cyl, 10 head, 413 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 71721820  
sectors
sd4: sync (50.00ns offset 16), 16-bit (40.000MB/s) transfers, tagged  
queueing
boot device: sd0
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
root file system type: ffs
cpu1: CPU 0 running
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)

----------END DMESG OUTPUT----------
On Feb 24, 2005, at 11:24, Peter Hufnagel wrote:

> I'm successfully running 2.0 (ISO from netbsd.org)
> on a single CPU box, and an old dual P200 box I had
> around, so I figured I'd try it on my Proliant 1600
> box...  (dual 600Mhz, 5x4GB drives--for now ;-) ).
>
> It partitions the disk fine, starts extracting the
> tarballs, and hits "man.tgz" and pauses about 50%
> through, "--stalled--", then picks up again, continues
> on, occasionally stalling here and there for 15-20 secs,
> and then finally dies (while stalled) in xfont.tgz.
> (this is all using sysinst).
>
> Stopped in PID 1435.1 (tar) at 0xc028519f:  repe stosb %es:(%edi)
>
> db>  trace
>
> ?(cc083cc4, c03955c0, cd0f99f4, 32000, 0) at 0xc028519f
> ?(cc0f99f4, 32000, 0, cc083d20, cc083d60) at 0xc0283e34
> ?(cd0f99f4, 32000, 0, 283, 0) at 0xc0236bf1
>
> .. (excuse it being clipped, but I copied it by hand...)
> if I continue it...
>
> db>  cont
>
> the extract fails with "bad header", goes on to make device
> nodes, and then Seg-Faults in sysinst.  After that, any cmd
> fails:
>
> #ls -l
> uvm_fault(0xcbf85370,0,0,0,1) -> 0xe
> kernel: page fault trap, code=0
>
> Anyone have any clues here?  I read some posts on possible
> issues with the smart controllers, but this box doesn't have
> one, its just straight scsi bus disks.  I also read a post
> on some user having issues on a PL1850, and having to setup
> the APIC to a different setting.. but running the smartstart
> setup (5.30, from well after the P8 - 6/2/2000 bios revision)
> doesnt seem to have any options for APIC.  I'm presuming
> maybe it has something to do with dual-cpu and locking...
> does anyone have 2.0 running on a PL1600 ?
>
> I'll see if I can get dmsg output tonight.
>