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. > > > > Problem is that Boot kernel from install CD > > (mini) hangs whith this message ... acpi0: > > <TOSHIB 750 > on motherboard ACPI-0625: *** > > Info: GPE Block0 defined as GPE0 to GPE63 > > Using $PIR table, 7 entries at 0xc00f01d0 > > acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed > > feature programming model. Timecounter > > "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz can't fetch > > resources for \_SB_.PCI0.FNC0.PRT_ - > > AE_BAD_DATA acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at > > 3.579545MHz> port 0xee08-0xee0b on acpi0 > > acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI > > Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > > pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 agp0: <Ali > > Generic host to PCI bridge> mem > > 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff at device .0 o, pci0 > > > > and system hangs forever at this point. Not > > being really expert in boot, I don't know > > how to manage this. It was already the case > > with FreeBSD-RC2 but not with DP1, something > > happened inbetween. > > At boot prompt, "unset acpi_load". > > Has anyone documented this option? It should > be in the release notes in flashing red as > nearly all install complaints seem to be > related to poor ACPI data. > > -Nate > > > 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
