On Friday 24 March 2006 12:39, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:27:06 -0500 > John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Friday 24 March 2006 11:46, Patrick Hurrelmann wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I tried to do a remote install of a amd64-based server with some 6.1-BETA4 floppies. > > > > > > As it turns, 6.1-BETA4 floppies do NOT contain a acpi.ko and therefore the amd64 may refuse to boot (heard sth. about boot-problems of amd64 boxes without acpi). The install would be remote and I need to overwrite the existing linux. So i wanted at least to be sure it will boot amd64. > > > > > > I checked with 6.1-BETA4 floppy-images and indeed they do contain acpi.ko. > > > Will acpi.ko come back to the install floppies or has it been dropped intenionally? > > > > > > Thx, > > > > amd64 has ACPI compiled into the kernel by default rather than as a > > separate module as on i386 because all amd64 machines support ACPI, > > and it's pretty much mandatory. > > Ok, maybe i was a bit unclear in that. I took the i386 floppies as I could not find any amd64 specific floppies on ftp. The i386 floppies for 6.1-BETA4 don't contain acpi while the 6.1-BETA3 floppies do. > Are amd64 floppies beeing build at all? Or do only i386 floppies exist? amd64 floppies are built on -HEAD. I'm not sure why the acpi.ko was lost from the floppies for BETA4, it should not have been. -- John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Fri Mar 24 2006 - 18:49:32 UTC
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