dmesg after the problem is solved:
$ dmesg
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FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Wed Jul 30 01:57:54 EDT 2008
sullrich@freebsd7-releng_1_2.geekgod.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense.7
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: VIA/IDT Unknown (997.51-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x6d0 Stepping = 0
Features=0xa7c9bbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,cmov,pat,clflush,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,tm,pbe>Features2=0x4181 <sse3,est,tm2,xtpr>real memory = 503316480 (480 MB)
avail memory = 478568448 (456 MB)
MPTable:<template etemplate =""></template></sse3,est,tm2,xtpr></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,cmov,pat,clflush,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,tm,pbe>