Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:26:47 +0200 From: Christian Schmidt <schmidt_chr@gmx.net> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot issues with a Dell Inspiron 530 and 8.0 RC1 Message-ID: <309b65830910060926x5842b05cw976942e76b13cfe9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1254842240.23831.22.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <309b65830910060054g16a099abxb8e203a46aa9e89c@mail.gmail.com> <1254842240.23831.22.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 17:17, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> 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.
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