INSTALL.TXT ACPI Change [was: disabling ACPI in default install [was:Problem with RC3]]

2003-01-14 Thread Francis Barnhart
anently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to the file /boot/device.hints. + More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD + Handbook. 4.2.2. My legacy ISA device used to be recognized in previous versions of FreeBSD, but now it's not. What hap

Re: disabling ACPI in default install [was: Problem with RC3]

2003-01-14 Thread Francis Barnhart
Attached (and below my sig) is a diff of ACPI changes to INSTALL.TXT. Francis Barnhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://francisbarnhart.com/ --- /stand/help/INSTALL.TXT Fri Jan 10 18:21:12 2003 +++ INSTALL.TXT Tue Jan 14 15:34:00 2003 @@ -891,13 +891,14 @@ the i386 platform to aid in system

Re: disabling ACPI in default install [was: Problem with RC3]

2003-01-14 Thread Francis Barnhart
ith a more difficult install. (Are they a smaller user base?) Either way, the documentation should be probably be updated. If someone with the power to change the docs contacts me I'd be happy to submit an update. Francis Barnhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://francisbarnhart.com/ On 14

Re: Problem with RC3

2003-01-14 Thread Francis Barnhart
I wonder if it might be even better to disable it by default. Nothing turns people off like an OS that doesn't install. On 14 Jan 2003, Nate Lawson wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Coercitas Temet'Nosce > wrote: > > I'm trying to install the new RC3 release on > > a laptop Toshiba SP6000. > > > >

Re: Problem with RC3

2003-01-14 Thread Francis Barnhart
Have you tried disabling ACPI? If not try hitting space at the boot prompt and typing: unset acpi_load if that works, install and then add 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

Re: [simon@uow.edu.au: Problems installing 5.0 RC2 on a Compaq Amarda M700 (acpi problems)]

2003-01-14 Thread Francis Barnhart
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. > > > -