Re: 5.3-BETA5-i386-disc1 bootstrap failures

From: Nate Lawson <nate_at_root.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:39:58 -0700
Scot Hetzel wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:36:45 -0700 (PDT), Dan Strick <strick_at_covad.net> wrote:
> 
>>I just downloaded and burned 5.3-BETA5-i386-disc1.iso and attempted to
>>start an installation.
>>
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>>
> 
> Since disabling ACPI didn't work try, disabling APIC at the loader prompt with:
> 
> set hint.apic.0.disabled="1" at the loader prompt
> 
> If this works, you might want to ask Nate if he wants your dmesg
> output and a dump of your ACPI.

The "safe mode" from the daemon loader disables both acpi and apic so 
that's one easy way to do this.

-Nate
Received on Tue Sep 21 2004 - 16:40:25 UTC

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