On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Dan Allen <danalle...@airwired.net> wrote:
> I just upgraded my Dell OptiPlex GX270 from RELENG_8 to RELENG_9.  The 
> machine no longer boots.  However, if I put
>
>  hint.acpi.0.disabled=1
>
> in /boot/loader.conf then the machine runs fine.  With RELENG_8 the machine 
> had no loader.conf, and the power button worked on my desktop machine.  Now 
> with ACPI disabled my power button does not work.  I have found that the 
> machine hangs at boot during a scan of the PCI bus, but if I disable that 
> (hw.acpi.disable=pci) then the machine cannot find a boot drive.
>
> So I have lost functionality that worked fine in BSD 8.
>
> Thoughts?  Suggestions?

    Is your Optiplex running the latest BIOS firmware?
Thanks!
-Garrett
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