From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 27 14:45:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB572106566C for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:45:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17AC8FC1C for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EE38CB9A0; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:45:17 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Robert Peters Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:45:11 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110714-p10; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201203261420.q2QEKCr1002112@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201203261420.q2QEKCr1002112@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201203271045.11534.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:45:18 -0400 (EDT) Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/166229: [boot] Unable to install FreeBSD 9 on Acer Extensa 5220 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:45:18 -0000 On Monday, March 26, 2012 10:20:12 am Robert Peters wrote: > The following reply was made to PR amd64/166229; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Robert Peters > To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, r2p2.gw@googlemail.com > Cc: > Subject: Re: amd64/166229: [boot] Unable to install FreeBSD 9 on Acer Extensa 5220 > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:14:57 +0200 > > It seems that I am unable to do that. Documentation does not describe > well enough for me, how to enter the ddb. And there is still the open > question if the ddb is enabled in the live cd kernel. If not it would > be hard to enable it without booting it. I will try all what is needed > if it is documented well enough for a potato (me). Hmm, normally on the video console one would just use Ctrl-Alt-Esc. However, it may very well be that we do not include DDB in the release kernels. :( -- John Baldwin