Re: 5.0 Install Kernel/Dell Inspiron 2650

2003-03-15 Thread Lucas Reddinger
So where can I go for help Where should I go? I would appriciate any comments. Thanks. Lucas Apparently, I need to disable eisa support to successfully boot a kernel on my Dell Inspiron 2650. In 4.x, I would do a `boot -c` followed by `eisa 0`. What about FreeBSD 5.0? I tried `set

Re: 5.0 Install Kernel/Dell Inspiron 2650

2003-03-15 Thread taxman
On Saturday 15 March 2003 01:47 pm, Lucas Reddinger wrote: So where can I go for help Where should I go? I would appriciate any comments. Thanks. You should either stay on 4.x and live without ACPI, or upgrade to -current and live with all that goes with that. At least test -current and see

Re: 5.0 Install Kernel/Dell Inspiron 2650

2003-03-15 Thread Lucas Reddinger
But I can't get 5.0 installed. And no one seems to want to help. To boot the 2650, eisa cannot exist in the boot kernel. And it does in the 5.0 boot kernel. On 4.x, I can use `boot -c` to take it out. But 5.0 does not have this feature, and I cannot get the hints to do this. So what now? I

Re: 5.0 Install Kernel/Dell Inspiron 2650

2003-03-15 Thread taxman
On Saturday 15 March 2003 03:46 pm, Lucas Reddinger wrote: But I can't get 5.0 installed. And no one seems to want to help. To boot the 2650, eisa cannot exist in the boot kernel. And it does in the 5.0 boot kernel. On 4.x, I can use `boot -c` to take it out. But 5.0 does not have this

5.0 Install Kernel/Dell Inspiron 2650

2003-03-11 Thread Lucas Reddinger
Apparently, I need to disable eisa support to successfully boot a kernel on my Dell Inspiron 2650. In 4.x, I would do a `boot -c` followed by `eisa 0`. What about FreeBSD 5.0? I tried `set hint.eisa.0.disabled=1` at the stage 3 boot prompt. It didn't seem to work. Any other ideas? I _really_