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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:48:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Francis Barnhart <franimal@speakeasy.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: disabling ACPI in default install [was: Problem with RC3]
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301141247350.39604-100000@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030114204058.27383.qmail@webmail.speakeasy.net>

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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Francis Barnhart wrote:
> --- /stand/help/INSTALL.TXT     Fri Jan 10 18:21:12 2003
> +++ INSTALL.TXT Tue Jan 14 15:34:00 2003
> @@ -891,13 +891,14 @@
>     the i386 platform to aid in system configuration if it's detected during
>     boot. Unfortunately, some bugs still exist in both the ACPI driver and
>     within system motherboards and BIOS. The use of ACPI can be disabled by
> -   setting the ``hw.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
> +   setting the ``hint.acpi.0.disable'' hint in the third stage boot loader:
> 
> -     set.hw.acpi.0.disabled=1
> +     set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> 
> -   This is reset each time the system is booted, so it might be necessary to
> -   set it permanently in the file /boot/loader.conf. More inforation about
> -   the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD Handbook.
> +   This is reset each time the system is booted, so it is necessary to
> +   permanently add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" in the file /boot/device.hints.
                                               ^^^
"to"

> +   More information about the boot loader can be found in the FreeBSD
> +   Handbook.

Other than that, looks great.

-Nate


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