Did you try adding hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
to /boot/device.hints http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=device.hints&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+5.0-current On 14 Jan 2003, Simon Coggins wrote: > Sent this to questions@ got no response. > Hoping someone in here can help me. > > > ----- Forwarded message from Simon Coggins > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:56:29 +1100 From: > Simon Coggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problems > installing 5.0 RC2 on a Compaq Amarda M700 > (acpi problems) Organisation: University of > Wollongong (http://www.uow.edu.au/) > > Hi, > > I'm having a problem installing 5.0 RC2 from > cd onto my Compaq amarda M700 laptop. I get > errors from acpi on boot that look like: > > ACPI-1287: *** Method execution failed. > AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT > > And a complaint about tempurature. Then it > tries to mount the memory file system and > hangs. If I use unset acpi_load it boots up, > (lots of unknown pci problems) but it boots > and will install. > > After installation the system will not boot as > it can't mount the root file system. I get : > > setrootbyname failed ffs_mountroot: can't find > rootvp root mount failed: 6 > > If I again do a unset acpi_load, the system > boots and I can log in. > > I've tried set hw.acpi.ec.event_driven=1 and > that didn't make a different. > > I've captured acpidump and dmesg if you want > to look at that. > > http://chaotic.oz.org/other/bsd-5.0/erwin-5.0- > RC2-acpidump.txt http://chaotic.oz.org/other/- > bsd-5.0/erwin-5.0RC2-dmesg.txt > > Any ideas? > > -- > Simon Coggins (SAGE-AU Member) Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network and System Management > Officer Phone: +61-2-4221-3775 Information > Technology Systems (ITS) Mobile: 0408 115861 > University of Wollongong, 2522, Australia Fax: > +61-2-4229-1985 > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Simon Coggins (SAGE-AU Member) Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network and System Management > Officer Phone: +61-2-4221-3775 Information > Technology Systems (ITS) Mobile: 0408 115861 > University of Wollongong, 2522, Australia Fax: > +61-2-4229-1985 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe > freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message