I can provide dmesg from freebsd i386 which is what I have been able  
to install so far. The Freebsd amd64 installer has other issues which  
prevent it from booting at all.

$ dmesg
Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
         The Regents of the University of California. All rights  
reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #0: Thu Nov 16 05:12:08 UTC 2006
     root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5160  @ 3.00GHz (2992.51-MHz 686- 
class CPU)
   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6f6  Stepping = 6
    
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE 
,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
    
Features2=0x4e3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,<b9>,CX16,<b14>,<b15 
 >,<b18>>
   AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM>
   AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
   Cores per package: 2
real memory  = 3221028864 (3071 MB)
avail memory = 3150946304 (3004 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <COMPAQ GREENCRK>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413,  
RF5413)
acpi0: <COMPAQ CPQ0063> on motherboard
acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR
acpi_bus_number: can't get _ADR
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0xf808-0xf80b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle1: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu1
acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT
device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
pci16: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci16
pci30: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci30
pci32: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci30
pci31: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
bge0: <Broadcom BCM5752 A1, ASIC rev. 0x6001> mem  
0xd3600000-0xd360ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci31
bge0: firmware handshake timed out
miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
brgphy0: <BCM5752 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0
brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX,  
1000baseTX-FDX, auto
bge0: Ethernet address: 00:18:71:6b:ee:7c
pcib5: <PCI-PCI bridge> mem 0xd5601000-0xd5601fff at device 0.3 on pci16
pci17: <PCI bus> on pcib5
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 3.0 on pci0
pci96: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci64: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
pci64: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
pcib8: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0
pci254: <PCI bus> on pcib8
pcib9: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci253: <PCI bus> on pcib9
pcib10: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
pci252: <PCI bus> on pcib10
pci0: <multimedia> at device 27.0 (no driver attached)
pcib11: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci128: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib11
uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2000-0x201f irq 16 at  
device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2020-0x203f irq 19 at  
device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2040-0x205f irq 18 at  
device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0x2060-0x207f irq 23 at  
device 29.3 on pci0
uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci3
usb3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xd0404000-0xd04043ff  
irq 16 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb4: EHCI version 1.0
usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3
usb4: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb4: USB revision 2.0
uhub4: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
pcib12: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib12
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel 63XXESB2 UDMA100 controller> port  
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x20c0-0x20cf irq 17 at device  
31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
atapci1: <Intel 63XXESB2 SATA300 controller> port  
0x20e0-0x20e7,0x20f8-0x20fb,0x20e8-0x20ef,0x20fc-0x20ff,0x2080-0x209f  
mem 0xd0404400-0xd04047ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
atapci1: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 6 ports detected
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci1
ata5: <ATA channel 3> on atapci1
ata6: <ATA channel 4> on atapci1
ata7: <ATA channel 5> on atapci1
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
ppc0: <ECP parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77d irq 7  
drq 3 on acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/13 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
sio0: <Standard PC COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
fdc0: <floppy drive controller (FDE)> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6  
drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FAST]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
pmtimer0 on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on  
isa0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
acd0: DMA limited to UDMA33, controller found non-ATA66 cable
acd0: DVDROM <HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8164B/0B10> at ata0-master UDMA33
ad4: 238475MB <Seagate ST3250624AS 3.AHH> at ata2-master SATA300
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s4a
bge0: firmware handshake timed out
bge0: link state changed to UP

Does this help?

Thanks,
Randy


On Dec 1, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Erik Berls wrote:

> What chipset is your motherboard?
>
> Can you post the dmesg? (/var/run/dmesg.boot)
>
> -=erik.
>
>
> On 12/1/06, Randy Sato <rsato@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to install netbsd on a new HP xw6400. The installer
>> boots, but I can't install anything because it says there are no
>> available disks.
>>
>> Is there an installer/kernel available which will work with this
>> machine?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Randy
>>