From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 16:27:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FE3C1065679 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:27:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christian@nertenher.de) Received: from mail-fx0-f222.google.com (mail-fx0-f222.google.com [209.85.220.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A32538FC12 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:27:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm22 with SMTP id 22so3972860fxm.36 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:27:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: christian@nertenher.de Received: by 10.223.145.129 with SMTP id d1mr499548fav.99.1254846427120; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:27:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1254842240.23831.22.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <309b65830910060054g16a099abxb8e203a46aa9e89c@mail.gmail.com> <1254842240.23831.22.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> From: Christian Schmidt Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:26:47 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 020695417f4b475c Message-ID: <309b65830910060926x5842b05cw976942e76b13cfe9@mail.gmail.com> To: Gavin Atkinson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot issues with a Dell Inspiron 530 and 8.0 RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:27:09 -0000 On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 17:17, Gavin Atkinson wrote: [...] > > If you answer no, does it work? I am not really given the choice here. It's always y. FreeBSD-Devs have a great sense of humor. :-) > There are a couple of things that might be worth trying. =C2=A0Firstly, t= ry > playing with any USB-related options in the BIOS (especially "legacy > emulation" or similar. Alright, I will try that and give some feedback. > Secondly, try editing src/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c > (or /sys/i386/i386/machdep.c if you are using i386), search for > "MacBook", and adding the output of the command > "kenv smbios.system.product" > to the list of strings compared. Just for some understanding: what will that exactly do and why "MacBook"? > This may not make any difference, or may even make things worse (so keep > your backup kernel ready:) but it's worth a try. Good to know. :-) Thanks. > Gavin Christian --=20 Todays mistakes are tomorrows catastrophes.