On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Kevin Oberman wrote:
From: Francis Barnhart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder if it might be even better to disable it by
default. Nothing turns people off like an OS that doesn't install.
It should CERTAINLY be turned off on the install CDs and floppies! It
was VERY
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:10:03AM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
But before the conversation gets off topic, I want to know where acpi
disabling is documented so I can point people to the doc instead of
answering the same question over and over.
It's documented in loader(8), device.hints(5),
That is where this issue is documented. However, it is incorrect. The proper hint is
in fact:
hint.acpi.0.disabled
While other ways exist, one way to solve the problem is:
To allow the install to boot, at the boot prompt type
unset acpi_load
Then, after the install, add
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:42:58AM -0800, Francis Barnhart wrote:
That is where this issue is documented. However, it is incorrect.
The proper hint is in fact:
hint.acpi.0.disabled
Yes, you are correct. INSTALL.TXT should be updated.
While other ways
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Francis Barnhart wrote:
That is where this issue is documented. However, it is incorrect. The proper hint is
in fact:
hint.acpi.0.disabled
I think we can get by fine with:
set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1
at the boot prompt. This keeps what we tell users to type
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
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Francis Barnhart wrote:
--- /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 configuration if it's detected during
boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 12:48:47PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Francis Barnhart wrote:
--- /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 configuration if it's
